Columbian Emerald

Description:

Adult: forwing green with straight white PM line and fainter oblique AM line; veins faint, whitish; costa and fringe white; orange dot at apex; thorax green; abdomen light green or brown with white dorsal spots surrounded by reddish-brown ring hindwing similar but PM line with slight bend in middle; tiny reddish or orange discal spot on all wings (a distinctive feature)

Habitat:

Spotted hiding on a large green leaf in a thick forest. Range is British Columbia to California, east to New Mexico, north to Alberta.