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Appias drusilla

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is 53–77 mm (2.1–3.0 in). Males are solid white on both the upper and lower surfaces of the wings except for a narrow edging of black along the forewing costal margin. The female has two forms: the dry-season form is all white and the wet-season form has black along the forewing costal
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margin and a yellow-orange upper hindwing. The dry-season form is on wing from October to April and the wet-season form from May to September. They feed on flower nectar from a variety of weeds and garden plants including
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in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days.
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pieridae
Appias
Binomial name
Cramer
Synonyms
nom. nud.
butterfly
Pieridae
Brazil
Florida
Florida Keys
Antilles
Texas
Nebraska
Colorado
wingspan
Lantana
Eupatorium
Brassicaceae
Drypetes lateriflora
Capparis flexuosa

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