Appias drusilla

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Appias drusilla
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. drusilla
Binomial name
Appias drusilla
(Cramer, [1777]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio drusillaCramer, [1777]
  • Glutophrissa drusilla
  • Pieris ilaireGodart, 1819
  • Pieris mysiaGodart, 1819
  • Mylothris margaritaHübner, [1819] ( nom. nud. )
  • Papilio albuneaDalman, 1823
  • Mylothris molpadiaHübner, [1823]
  • Mylothris margaritaHübner, [1825]
  • Appias margarita
  • Tachyris janeiraBönninghausen, 1896
  • Appias drusilla f. nanad'Almeida, 1913
  • Appias drusilla var. augustinianaFernández, 1928
  • Daptonoura laria albaRibeiro, 1931
  • Appias drusilla f. minimaBreyer, 1939
  • Papilio castaliaFabricius, 1793
  • Glutophrissa drusilla jacksoniKaye, 1920
  • Appias poeyiButler, 1872
  • Appias janeira f. peregrinaRöber, 1909
  • Appias poeyi f. minorDufrane, 1947
  • Appias drusilla ab. hollandiRöber, 1908

Appias drusilla, the Florida white or tropical white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in tropical America from Brazil north to southern peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys and Antilles. It frequently visits coastal Texas and is a rare stray to Nebraska and Colorado. The habitat consists of tropical lowland evergreen or semideciduous forests. [2]

Contents

The wingspan 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 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 Lantana and Eupatorium . [2]

The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Drypetes lateriflora and Capparis flexuosa in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days. [2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: [1]

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