Pieridae
Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized Pieridae butterfly found in the Americas across a wide range.
Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)
Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, 1836)
Phoebis agarithe, the large orange sulphur, is a Pieridae butterfly native to the Americas and introduced to Hawaii.
Aphrissa statira (Cramer, 1777)
Aphrissa statira (Cramer, 1777)
Aphrissa statira, the statira sulphur butterfly, is a migratory piercing butterfly found from Argentina to the southern US that acts as an important pollinator.
Phoebis neocypris (Hübner, 1823)
Phoebis neocypris (Hübner, 1823)
Phoebis neocypris, the tailed sulphur, is a Pieridae butterfly native to the Americas, with larvae feeding on Cassia fresh leaves.
Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
Phoebis philea, the orange-barred sulphur, is a butterfly species found in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775)
Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775)
Phoebis argante is a butterfly species ranging from Mexico to Peru, the Antilles, and Cuba, with distinct sexual color differences.
Phoebis marcellina
Phoebis marcellina
Phoebis marcellina, the marcellina sulphur, is a Western Hemisphere butterfly elevated to full species status in 2020.
Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)
Anteos maerula (Fabricius, 1775)
Anteos maerula, the angled sulphur, is a Pieridae butterfly found from Peru to Mexico with rare migrants reaching the southern US.
Anteos clorinde (Godart, 1824)
Anteos clorinde (Godart, 1824)
Anteos clorinde, the white angled-sulphur, is a Pieridae butterfly found across the Americas, with larvae feeding on Senna spectabilis.
Anteos menippe (Hübner, 1818)
Anteos menippe (Hübner, 1818)
Anteos menippe is a fairly large butterfly found from Mexico to South America that inhabits lowlands and riverbanks.
Eurema daira (Godart, 1819)
Eurema daira (Godart, 1819)
Eurema daira, the fairy yellow, is a Pieridae butterfly found from Argentina to the southern US, with strays further north.
Eurema sari (Horsfield, 1829)
Eurema sari (Horsfield, 1829)
Eurema sari, the chocolate grass yellow, is a Southeast Asian Pieridae butterfly whose larvae feed on Leguminosae.
Eurema blanda (Boisduval, 1836)
Eurema blanda (Boisduval, 1836)
This is a morphological description of different seasonal forms of the butterfly Eurema blanda, listing its known food plants.
Eurema alitha (Felder & Felder, 1862)
Eurema alitha (Felder & Felder, 1862)
The scalloped grass yellow, Eurema alitha, is a Southeast Asian butterfly species first described in 1862 by the Felders.
Eurema andersoni (Moore, 1886)
Eurema andersoni (Moore, 1886)
Eurema andersoni is a butterfly species with multiple subspecies across South and East Asia, whose larvae feed on Ventilago goughii.
Eurema smilax (Donovan, 1805)
Eurema smilax (Donovan, 1805)
Eurema smilax is a small yellow Australian butterfly with seasonal colour variation and poison-secreting larvae.
Eurema laeta (Boisduval, 1836)
Eurema laeta (Boisduval, 1836)
Eurema laeta has distinct wet and dry seasonal forms, differing in wing markings between males and females.
Eurema mandarina
Eurema mandarina
Eurema mandarina, the Japanese common grass yellow, is a coliadine butterfly species from the genus Eurema.
Eurema herla (Macleay, 1826)
Eurema herla (Macleay, 1826)
Eurema herla, the Pink Grass-Yellow, is a Pieridae butterfly found in northern and eastern Australia that feeds on Dwarf Cassia as larvae.
Eurema simulatrix (Staudinger, 1891)
Eurema simulatrix (Staudinger, 1891)
Eurema simulatrix, the changeable grass yellow, is a Pieridae butterfly found across Southeast Asia.
Nathalis iole Boisduval, 1836
Nathalis iole Boisduval, 1836
Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur, is North America's smallest pierid butterfly with variable appearance and seasonal form differences.
Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
Catopsilia pomona has two Australian morphs differing in antenna color, linked to growth photoperiod and temperature.
Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
The mottled emigrant (Catopsilia pyranthe) is a medium-sized Pieridae butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Australia.
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Catopsilia florella (Fabricius, 1775)
Catopsilia florella is a migratory Pieridae butterfly found across Africa, Arabia, and the Canary Islands.
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