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Pieris oleracea, or more commonly known as the mustard white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae native to a large part of Canada and the northeastern United States.The nearly all-white butterfly is often found in wooded areas or open plains.
Its larvae feed upon various plants in the olive family such as lilacs (Syringa spp.), ashes (Fraxinus spp.), and privet (Ligustrum vulgare).Mature caterpillars pupate in subterranean chambers when they have finished feeding, and here the pupae stay dormant until the next year.
Euchloe ausonides, the large marble [1] or creamy marblewing, [2] is a species of butterfly that occurs in western North America. [1] It lays eggs on the terminal flower buds of a variety of plants in the mustard family, including introduced Eurasian species, and the larvae feed on the buds, flowers and fruit of these plants. [3]
The West Coast lady (Vanessa annabella) is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". V. annabella occurs throughout much of the western US and southwestern Canada.
Cecrita guttivitta, the saddled prominent moth, is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae.It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut ...
Eurema boisduvaliana, commonly known as Boisduval's yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It is found from Costa Rica north to Mexico. Rare strays may be found in southern Florida, but it is a regular migrant to south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, and southern Texas.
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
Icaricia icarioides, [1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies. [2]Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. [3]