Pontia edusa is a small to medium-sized migrant butterfly, with a wingspan reaching about 45 mm.

[citation needed] The adults fly from March to October[1][2] with two to four generations depending on the latitude.

They are greyish-greenish, with black dots and broad yellow stripes, quite similar to the larva of the cabbage butterfly (Pieris brassicae).

It is a migrant which can also be encountered in Belgium, Holland, northern Germany and Poland, in the Baltic states and in southern Sweden and Norway.

[2][3][4] This species can be found in any open grassy or flowery areas, in stony or rocky places and in roadsides, especially where the host plants grow, at an altitude of 0–2,300 metres (0–7,546 ft).