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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Pine Whites (Neophasia) » Pine White - Hodges#4187 (Neophasia menapia)

Species Neophasia menapia - Pine White - Hodges#4187

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Pine White Male - Neophasia menapia - 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)

Tribe Pierini (Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses)

Genus Neophasia (Pine Whites)

Species menapia (Pine White - Hodges#4187)

Hodges Number

4187

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Pieris menapia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859

Numbers

2 spp.

Identification

White butterfly with black venation on the underside of the hindwing. The forewing has a black tip with white cells. The forewing has a black margin on the leading edge that curves in to form a black ball-tip.

Range

CA-TX-SD-BC - Map - BAMONA

Habitat

Pine forests (1)

Season

Jun-Oct - MPG

Food

Mainly Ponderosa Pine but also Pinyon Pine, Douglas Fir, and and others. (2)

Life Cycle

Common to abundant, within its range (1)

Remarks

Pine Whites have perhaps the most graceful, floating flight of any butterfly (1)

Internet References

Lepidoptera - Markku Savela

BAMONA

BOA

Moth Photo Group

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Thr Jeffrey Glassberg. 2001. Oxford University Press.

2.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 6 August, 2006 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Will Cook, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:15am

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