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Whites
Pierinae
 
Usually white. Flight is fast and straight.
 
name range
&
habitat
active
&
broods
adult
&
larval foods
Falcate Orangetip
  Anthocaris midea
Liberty County
 
woods
Mar-Apr
 
1
mustards
 
mustards
Florida White
  Appias drusilla
south
 
hammocks
 
all year
 
many
 
yellow composites
 
capers,
Guiana plum
Great Southern
  White
  Ascia monuste
coastal peninsula
 
gardens, dunes,
salt marshes
 
all year
 
many
 
 
beach flowers
 
mustards,
saltworts,
capers
Cabbage White
  Pieris rapae
statewide
 
gardens, fields
Mar-Nov
 
3+
flowers
 
mustards
Checkered White
  Pontia protodice
statewide
 
fields
 
Mar-Nov
 
several
 
mustards
 
mustards,
capers

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