Pieridae - sulphurs, whites

There are around 1,100 species of butterfly in this family. They are found in all parts of the world. Most species are small to medium in size with white or yellow wings. Many species have black spots or edges on their wings. Many caterpillars in this family eat the leaves and flowers of plants in the brassicaceae and fabaceae families.

Endangered in N.H.	Threatened in N.H.	Introduced
Endangered in U.S.	Threatened in U.S.

New Hampshire Species		Other North American Species
Cabbage White Checkered White Clouded Sulphur Little Yellow Mustard White Orange Sulphur Pink-edged Sulphur Southern Dogface		Pine White Apricot Sulphur Barred Yellow Becker's White Boisduval's Yellow California Dogface California Marble Chiricahua White Christina Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Dainty Sulphur Desert Marble Desert Orangetip Dina Yellow Falcate Orangetip Florida White Ghost Yellow Giant Sulphur Giant White Gray Marble Great Southern White Harford's Sulphur Howarth's White Labrador Sulphur Large Marble Large Orange Sulphur Large White Lyside Sulphur Margined White Mead's Sulphur Mexican Dartwhite Mexican Yellow Mimosa Yellow Mountain White Northern Marble Olympia Marble Orange-barred Sulphur Pacific Orangetip Pelidne Sulphur Queen Alexandra's Sulphur Salome Yellow Scudder's Sulphur Shy Yellow Sierra Sulphur Sleepy Orange Sonoran Marble Southern Rocky Mountain Orangetip Southwestern Orangetip Spring White Statira Sulphur Stella Orangetip Tailed Orange Tailed Sulphur West Virginia White Western Sulphur Western White White Angled-Sulphur Yellow Angled-Sulphur

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Pieridae - sulphurs, whites

Endangered in N.H.

Threatened in N.H.

Introduced

Endangered in U.S.

Threatened in U.S.