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Subfamily Pierinae - Whites

Butterfly - Pieris rapae Falcate Orange Tip - Anthocharis midea - male Cabbage White - Pieris rapae Checkered White (Pontia protodice) ??? - Pontia protodice - female Cabbage White - Pieris rapae Is this a West Virginia White? Apparent we do have them in western Maryland, but considered rare. - Pieris virginiensis Cabbage white (Pieris rapae), Georgia - Pieris rapae Cabbage White - Pieris rapae - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)
Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)
Numbers
2 tribes n. of Mex.
See Also

Common Mestra - Mestra amymone (Ménétriés)
Nymphalidae » Biblidinae » Biblidini