Small White Butterfly Taken at Troon on 5th September 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Taken at Stevenston on 28th July 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Small White Butterfly. Species: Order: Family: Pieris rapa. Lepidoptera. Pieridae Larval Food: Adult Food: Wingspan: Habitat: Flies/Found: Charlock, Garlic Mustard, Hedge Mustard and Wild Cabbage. Thistles, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Bluebell, Bugle, Daisy , Dandelion, Fleabane, Greater Stitchwort, Hawkweeds, Ragged Robin, Ragwort, Red Campion, annd Red Clover. 38 - 57 mm. Almost anywhere. First-brood adults typically emerge in late April, peaking around the middle of May and gradually tailing off through June. The second brood, which is always stronger than the first brood, starts to emerge in early July. However, in good years, the second brood may emerge in late June and give rise to a third brood.