White butterflyWhite butterfly| Swizerland 1951 | Swizerland 1950 | Swizerland 1956 | Swizerland 1957 | Japan 1980 |
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| Orange Tip Butterfly Anthocharis cardamines (Pieridae) |
Moorland Clouded Yellow Colias palaeno (Pieridae) |
Clouded Yellow Butterfly Colias crocea (Pieridae) |
Large White Butterfly Pieris brassicae (Pieridae) |
Small White Butterfly Pieris rapae (Pieridae) |
| East Germany 1964 | Romania 1969 | Bulgaria 1967 | North Korea 1977 |
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| Clouded Yellow Colias croceus (Pieridae) |
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow Colias erate (Pieridae) |
Danube Clouded Yellow Colias myrmidone (Pieridae) |
Dawn Clouded Yellow Butterfly Colias heos (Pieridae) |
| Mauritania 1966 | Israel 1965 | China 1963 | China 1963 | Chili 1987 |
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| Banded Scarlet Tip Colotis danae (Pieridae) |
Sooty Orange Tip Zegris eupheme (Pieridae) |
Yellow Orange Tip Ixias pyrene (Pieridae) |
Clouded Yellow Colias erschoffi (Pieridae) |
Andes Orange Sulphur Colias vauthieri (Pieridae) |
| Rhodesia 1974 | Tanzania 1973 | Central Africa 1963 | Mozambique 1953 | Madagascar 1960 |
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| Queen Purple Tip Colotis regina (Pieridae) |
Bushveld P. Tip Colotis ione (Pieridae) |
Round Winged Orange-Tip Colotis evippe (Pieridae) |
Round W. Orange-Tip Colotis evippe (Pieridae) |
Malagasy Lilac Tip Colotis zoe (Pieridae) |
| Czechoslovakia 1961 | Democratic Rep. of Congo 1971 | Montserrat 1992 | Grenada 1975 |
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| Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni (Pieridae) |
Yellow Splendour Tip Colotis protomedia (Pieridae) |
Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea (Pieridae) |
Yellow Angled-sulphur Anteos maerula (Pieridae) |
| Democratic Rep. of Congo 1971 | Tanzania 1973 | Cuba 1958 | Cuba 1958 | Cuba 1958 |
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| Autumn Leaf Vagrant Eronia leda (Pieridae) |
Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe (Pieridae) |
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole (Pieridae) |
Tailed Orange Eurema gundlachia (Pieridae) |
Little Yellow Eurema lisa (Pieridae) |
| Dominican Republic 1966 | Dominican Republic 1966 | Dominican Republic 1966 | Dominican Republic 1966 |
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| White Angled-sulphur Anteos clorinde (Pieridae) |
Great Southern White Ascia monuste (Pieridae) |
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae (Pieridae) |
Cuban Butterfly Eurema gundlachia (Pieridae) |
The white butterfly is distributed across all continents except Antarctica, with about 1,000 known species. It includes familiar butterflies such as the cabbage white and clouded yellow. The forewing length of adults is about 2-6 cm, making them a medium-sized group overall. The wings of adult butterflies have few or no projections. The color of the wings is primarily white or yellow, with black or red patterns visible on them. These patterns vary by species and gender.
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