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. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including and Capparis flexuosa in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days.
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| - Appias drusilla (en)
- Appias drusilla (fr)
- Glutophrissa drusilla (nl)
- Appias drusilla (pt)
- Glutophrissa drusilla (sv)
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| - Appias drusilla est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Pieridae et de la sous-famille des Pierinae. (fr)
- Glutophrissa drusilla is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Pierinae. Glutophrissa drusilla werd in 1777 beschreven door Cramer. (nl)
- Glutophrissa drusilla är en fjärilsart som först beskrevs av Pieter Cramer 1777. Glutophrissa drusilla ingår i släktet Glutophrissa och familjen vitfjärilar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
- 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. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including and Capparis flexuosa in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days. (en)
- Appias drusilla, branca-da-florida ou branca-tropical, é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. É encontrada na América tropical do norte do Brasil ao sul da Flórida peninsular e das Florida Keys e Antilhas. Ela frequentemente visita o litoral do Texas e é rara em Nebraska e Colorado. O habitat consiste de florestas sempre verdes ou semideciduais de várzea. As larvas se alimentam de espécies Brassicaceae, incluindo e na Flórida. Elas adoram sombras e se alimentam durante a noite e em dias nublados. (pt)
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| - *Papilio drusilla (Cramer, [1777])
*Glutophrissa drusilla
*Pieris ilaire (Godart, 1819)
*Pieris mysia (Godart, 1819)
*Mylothris margarita (Hübner, [1819])
*Papilio albunea (Dalman, 1823)
*Mylothris molpadia (Hübner, [1823])
*Mylothris margarita (Hübner, [1825])
*Appias margarita
*Tachyris janeira (Bönninghausen, 1896)
*Appias drusilla f. nana (d'Almeida, 1913)
*Appias drusilla var. augustiniana (Fernández, 1928)
*Daptonoura laria alba (Ribeiro, 1931)
*Appias drusilla f. minima (Breyer, 1939)
*Papilio castalia (Fabricius, 1793)
*Glutophrissa drusilla jacksoni (Kaye, 1920)
*Appias poeyi (Butler, 1872)
*Appias janeira f. peregrina (Röber, 1909)
*Appias poeyi f. minor (Dufrane, 1947)
*Appias drusilla ab. hollandi (Röber, 1908) (en)
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| - 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. 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. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including and Capparis flexuosa in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days. (en)
- Appias drusilla est une espèce de lépidoptères (papillons) de la famille des Pieridae et de la sous-famille des Pierinae. (fr)
- Glutophrissa drusilla is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Pierinae. Glutophrissa drusilla werd in 1777 beschreven door Cramer. (nl)
- Appias drusilla, branca-da-florida ou branca-tropical, é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. É encontrada na América tropical do norte do Brasil ao sul da Flórida peninsular e das Florida Keys e Antilhas. Ela frequentemente visita o litoral do Texas e é rara em Nebraska e Colorado. O habitat consiste de florestas sempre verdes ou semideciduais de várzea. A envergadura é de 53 a 77 mm. Os machos são brancos sólidos nas superfícies superior e inferior das asas, exceto por uma borda estreita de preto ao longo da margem costal anterior. A fêmea tem duas formas: a forma da estação seca é toda branca e a forma da estação chuvosa tem o preto ao longo da margem costal da forquilha e uma asa traseira superior amarelo-alaranjada. A forma de estação seca fica na asa de outubro a abril e a forma úmida na temporada de maio a setembro. Elas se alimentam de néctar de flores de uma variedade de ervas daninhas e plantas de jardim, incluindo Lantana e Eupatorium. As larvas se alimentam de espécies Brassicaceae, incluindo e na Flórida. Elas adoram sombras e se alimentam durante a noite e em dias nublados. (pt)
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