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Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) Libytheinae: snouts (1 species) Heliconiinae: heliconians and fritillaries (40 species) Nymphalinae: true brushfoots (76 ...
Whites and sulphurs are small to medium-sized butterflies. Their wingspans 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.
Butterfly eggs vary greatly in size and shape between species, but are usually upright and finely sculptured. Some species lay eggs singly, others in batches. Many females produce between one hundred and two hundred eggs. [41] Butterfly eggs are fixed to a leaf with a special glue which hardens rapidly.
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Lists of butterflies" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 ...
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
A monarch butterfly feeding on milkweed. (Shutterstock) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pushing for added protections for the monarch butterfly after seeing a population decline of about 80%.
Butterflies of North America — butterfly species of Lepidoptera native to North America. The main article for this category is List of butterflies of North America . Contents