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range from 0.8 to 4.0 inches (2-10.2 cm). There are about 1,000 species worldwide with about 61 species in North
America. Most whites and sulphurs are white, yellow, and orange with some black, and some may be various shades of gray green. Their flight is mostly slow and fluttering, but some
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on damp ground. Male whites and sulphurs locate females by patrolling. The eggs are spindle shaped and laid singly. Most of the long-slender
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of the larger species have quicker flights. Both males and females like to feed at flowers, while males also like to
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is usually triangular or cone headed. It hangs upright supported by a silken loop around the middle. The
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varies with species. It may be larva, chrysalis, or adult.
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Lists of butterflies and moths of the United States
18:List of butterflies of North America (Pierinae)
49:Whites and sulphurs are small to medium-sized
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936:Lists of butterflies of North America
586:Harford's Queen Alexandra's sulphur,
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31:List of butterflies of North America
910:Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003).
563:Colias occidentalis pseudochristina
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556:Colias occidentalis chrysomelas
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912:Butterflies of North America.
895:Costa-spotted mimic-white,
578:Queen Alexandra's sulphur,
142:Hesperocharis costaricensis
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589:Colias alexandra harfordii
347:California pearly marble,
66:are green or yellow. The
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596:Colias alexandra krauthii
171:Common green-eyed white,
399:Pacific Sara orangetip,
384:Anthocharis cethura pima
129:Male falcate orangetip,
90:Female checkered white,
748:Orange-barred sulphur,
732:Yellow angled-sulphur,
460:Male southern dogface,
410:Anthocharis sara stella
407:Stella Sara orangetip,
350:Euchloe hyantis hyantis
45:, egg on garlic mustard
756:Large orange sulphur,
724:White angled-sulphur,
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355:Desert pearly marble,
259:Great southern white,
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243:West Virginia white,
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807:Eurema boisduvaliana
804:Boisduval's yellow,
708:California dogface,
692:Pink-edged sulphur,
611:Coppermine sulphur,
334:Euchloe guaymasensis
740:Cloudless sulphur,
660:Scudder's sulphur,
653:Colias nastes thula
549:Colias occidentalis
417:Falcate orangetip,
376:Anthocharis cethura
302:Itaballia demophile
299:Crossbarred white,
246:Pieris virginiensis
214:Pontia occidentalis
166:Neophasia terlootii
147:Mexican dartwhite,
106:Pieris virginiensis
716:Southern dogface,
643:Labrador sulphur,
619:Canadian sulphur,
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286:Pieriballia viardi
163:Chiricahua white,
150:Catasticta nimbice
139:Pallid tilewhite,
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767:Phoebis neocypris
700:Palaeno sulphur,
684:Pelidne sulphur,
635:Booth's sulphur,
622:Colias canadensis
546:Western sulphur,
530:Clouded sulphur,
522:Statira sulphur,
515:Kricogonia lyside
420:Anthocharis midea
323:Northern marble,
310:Euchloe ausonides
291:Common melwhite,
275:Howarth's white,
230:Pieris marginalis
203:Checkered white,
174:Leptophobia aripa
158:Neophasia menapia
132:Anthocharis midea
39:Checkered white,
16:(Redirected from
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855:Eurema messalina
831:Eurema proterpia
812:Mexican yellow,
780:Lyside sulphur,
764:Tailed sulphur,
759:Phoebis agarithe
676:Sierra sulphur,
614:Colias johanseni
603:Mead's sulphur,
581:Colias alexandra
573:Colias christina
541:Colias eurytheme
538:Orange sulphur,
533:Colias philodice
525:Aphrissa statira
512:Lyside sulphur,
499:Dainty sulphur,
489:Eurema proterpia
473:Mexican yellow,
450:Colias eurytheme
394:Anthocharis sara
391:Sara orangetip,
381:Pima orangetip,
365:Olympia marble,
331:Sonoran marble,
270:Ganyra josephina
227:Margined white,
206:Pontia protodice
198:Pontia sisymbrii
187:Becker's white,
93:Pontia protodice
42:Pontia protodice
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836:Little yellow,
828:Tailed orange,
820:Salome yellow,
815:Eurema mexicana
788:Barred yellow,
772:Orbed sulphur,
727:Anteos clorinde
711:Zerene eurydice
695:Colias interior
671:Colias gigantea
668:Giant sulphur,
663:Colias scudderi
627:Hecla sulphur,
486:Tailed orange,
476:Eurema mexicana
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368:Euchloe olympia
342:Euchloe hyantis
339:Pearly marble,
294:Melete lycimnia
283:Painted white,
278:Ganyra howarthi
251:Cabbage white,
238:Pieris angelika
222:Pieris oleracea
219:Mustard white,
211:Western white,
190:Pontia beckerii
182:Appias drusilla
179:Florida white,
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863:Eurema dina
847:Eurema nise
839:Eurema lisa
51:butterflies
930:Categories
905:References
886:Subfamily
439:: sulphurs
437:Coliadinae
435:Subfamily
78:Subfamily
68:chrysalis
55:wingspans
53:. Their
941:Pieridae
82:: whites
80:Pierinae
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64:larvae
60:puddle
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