Green-veined White

Description:

This butterfly, usually whitish in color, shows streaking green or grayish scales corresponding to the veins of the lower part of the rear wing. The wings are dark spots on both sides, more pronounced in the females (sexual dimorphism). Generations developed during the summer have spots wing less pronounced than spring, and the ribs appear thinner. In some alpine areas, the tops of the ribs males have very marked, and those of the females are completely sprinkle of brown.

Habitat:

It's a Palaearctic species, widely distributed more or less throughout Eurasia and North America, is also found in Finland, in the Jura Mountains, in the Carpathians and the Caucasus. Which is widespread throughout Italy. It's live in the bush, uncultivated areas, or in the gardens, hedges, river banks and wetlands, from sea level up to 2500 m altitude in central Europe, and up to 2600 m in Italy.