''Elodina angulipennis'' (common pearl white) is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It is found along the north-eastern coast of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

.Australian Insects
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wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is about 40 mm. The upperside of the wings is pearly white, with black marks around the tips of the forewings. The underside of the forewings is pearly pale yellow with a grey patch near the apex, while the underside of the hindwings is white with an arc of grey spots. The larvae feed on various Capparaceae species, including ''

Capparis arborea ''Capparis arborea'' is a bush or small tree occurring in eastern Australia. The habitat is rainforest; usually riverine, littoral or the drier rainforests. Distributed from the Hunter River, New South Wales to Cape Melville in tropical Queen ...

'' and ''

Capparis canescens ''Capparis canescens'', also known as wild orange, orangewood, native pomegranate, wild pomegranate or grey capparis, is a species of plant in the caper family. It is native to north-eastern Australia. Description The species grows as a shrub ...

''. They are green with reddish-brown marks and a pale yellow dorsal line. Full-grown larvae reach a length of about 20 mm. Pupation takes place in a green pupa.

References

Butterflies described in 1852 angulipennis {{Pieridae-stub