Pieridae

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Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833)

Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833)

Eurema floricola (Boisduval, 1833)

Eurema floricola, the Malagasy grass yellow, is a Pieridae butterfly found across much of Africa and western Indian Ocean islands.

Anthocharis midea (Hübner, 1809)

Anthocharis midea (Hübner, 1809)

Anthocharis midea (Hübner, 1809)

Anthocharis midea, the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly with orange-tipped male forewings and a single annual brood.

Anthocharis cethura Felder & Felder, 1865

Anthocharis cethura Felder & Felder, 1865

Anthocharis cethura Felder & Felder, 1865

Anthocharis cethura (desert orangetip) is a Pierinae butterfly native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anthocharis cardamines is a Palearctic butterfly with sexually dimorphic wing markings, differing habitat use by sex, and size linked to larval host plant.

Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852

Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852

Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852

Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852 is an orange-tip butterfly with distinct traits across its life stages.

Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869

Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869

Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869

Anthocharis euphenoides is a sexually dimorphic butterfly with distinct color patterns in males, females, and its named aberration.

Anthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852

Anthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852

Anthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852

The gray marble (Anthocharis lanceolata) is a Pieridae butterfly found on the US and Canadian west coast.

Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836

Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836

Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836

Anthocharis damone is a sexually dimorphic butterfly species with a described pale form from Mesopotamia and a known range across parts of Eurasia.

Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851

Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 is a butterfly species with several described geographic forms across Western Asia.

Anthocharis bambusarum Oberthür, 1876

Anthocharis bambusarum Oberthür, 1876

Anthocharis bambusarum Oberthür, 1876

Anthocharis bambusarum is a Chinese butterfly relative of Anthocharis cardamines, with a synonymized transitional form extensa.

Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

The southwestern orangetip (Anthocharis thoosa) is a butterfly in the Anthocharis sara complex ranging from the US Rockies to Mexico.

Anthocharis julia Edwards, 1872

Anthocharis julia Edwards, 1872

Anthocharis julia Edwards, 1872

Anthocharis julia, the Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip, is a butterfly native to the eastern southern Rocky Mountains.

Anthocharis scolymus Butler, 1866

Anthocharis scolymus Butler, 1866

Anthocharis scolymus Butler, 1866

Anthocharis scolymus, the yellow tip, is a common Eastern Asian pierine butterfly with larvae that feed on cress.

Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

The Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia) is a Pieridae butterfly found across parts of North America, distinct from its relative E. guaymasensis.

Euchloe ausonides (Lucas, 1852)

Euchloe ausonides (Lucas, 1852)

Euchloe ausonides (Lucas, 1852)

Euchloe ausonides, the large marble butterfly, lives in open sunny areas of western North America and relies on mustard host plants.

Euchloe hyantis (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe hyantis (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe hyantis (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe hyantis, the pearly marble, is a North American Pieridae butterfly that feeds as larvae on Brassicaceae plants.

Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1828)

Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1828)

Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1828)

Euchloe simplonia, the mountain dappled white, is an endangered butterfly found in mountainous Western Europe, closely related to Euchloe naina.

Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869

Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869

Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869

Euchloe crameri is a mainly western Eurasian butterfly that prefers open warm dry cultivated areas.

Euchloe lotta Beutenmüller, 1898

Euchloe lotta Beutenmüller, 1898

Euchloe lotta Beutenmüller, 1898

Euchloe lotta, the desert marble, is a white butterfly with black markings found in interior British Columbia, Canada.

Euchloe creusa (Doubleday, 1847)

Euchloe creusa (Doubleday, 1847)

Euchloe creusa (Doubleday, 1847)

The northern marble (Euchloe creusa) is a white butterfly species found in northern North America.

Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe ausonia is a butterfly species with distinct wing and life stage traits, found across southern Eurasia in varied open low-to-mid elevation habitats.

Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)

Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)

Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)

Euchloe belemia, the green-striped white, is a Pieridae butterfly found across parts of Europe, northern Africa and Arabia.

Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804)

Euchloe tagis, the Portuguese dappled white, is a Pieridae butterfly found in southern Europe and northern Africa.

Elphinstonia penia (Freyer, 1851)

Elphinstonia penia (Freyer, 1851)

Elphinstonia penia (Freyer, 1851)

Elphinstonia penia (eastern greenish black-tip) is a Pieridae butterfly found across parts of southeastern Europe and the Middle East.

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