Pierinae, the major subfamily of Pieridae, is characterized by possessing scent scales as androconia on male wings, which are most likely to disperse volatile substances. However, the chemistry of androconial substances is known for very few species. The yellow tip Anthocharis scolymus Butler (Pierinae: Anthocharidini) is a univoltine pierine butterfly distributed in East Asia. Male adults of this species emit a subtle floral scent, while females are scentless. We revealed that the male-specific scent consists of (S)-(+)-linalool and (E)-β-farnesene, which had never been discovered in Pieridae. Moreover, these volatile terpenoids were more abundant in the wings than in the body, and were distributed from the basal to the distal regions of each wing. Unlike other pierine species, A. scolymus males lacked alar scent scales but had round saccular structures connected to the socket of the ordinary scale in the wing membrane. The morphology of this structure was very similar to those of the intermembranous scent-producing organs of male wings in the subfamily Coliadinae. Although scent scales are found in the genus Anthocharis, the presence of male-specific scents has not been reported so far. The present study illustrates unique characters of A. scolymus in both androconial chemistry and morphology in Pierinae.