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Whites and Sulphurs

(Family Pieridae)

**Checkered White** (*Pontia protodice*)
**Host Plants**:Virginia peppergrass (*Lepidium virginicum*), other wild and cultivated crucifers
**Habitat**: Disturbed sites, roadsides, fields, fallow agricultural land
**Size**: 1.5 to 2.0 inches

**Cloudless Sulphur** (*Phoebis sennae*)
**Host Plants**: Partridge pea (*Cassia fasciculata*), sicklepod senna (*Cassia obtusifolia*), other wild and ornamental *Cassia* spp.
**Habitat**: Disturbed sites, roadsides, fields, gardens
**Size**: 2.25 to 3.0 inches

**Sleepy Orange** (*Eurema nicippe*)
**Host Plants**: Sicklepod senna (*Cassia obtusifolia*), other wild and ornamental *Cassia* spp.
**Habitat**: Disturbed sites, roadsides, fields, fallow agricultural land
**Size**: 1.5 to 2.0 inches

**Great Southern White** (*Ascia monuste*)
**Host Plants**: Saltwort (*Batis* spp.), Virginia peppergrass (*Lepidium virginicum*)
**Habitat**: Salt marshes, coastal dunes
**Size**: 1.75 to 2.5 inches

**Cabbage White** (*Pieris rapae*)
**Host Plants**: Mustard, cabbage, turnip, most other wild and cultivated Brassicaceae
**Habitat**: Disturbed sites, roadsides, gardens, agricultural fields
**Size**: 1.4 to 2.0 inches

**Dogface Butterfly** (*Zerene cesonia*)
**Host Plants**: False indigo (*Amorpha fruticosa*), prairie clover (*Dalea* spp.), other Fabaceae
**Habitat**: Old fields, prairies, open pinelands, roadsides, oak scrub, woodland edges
**Size**: 1.8 to 2.5 inches

**Clouded Sulphur** (*Colias philodice*)
**Host Plants**: Herbaceous Fabaceae
**Habitat**: Fields, roadsides, agricultural land
**Size**: 1.5 to 2.25 inches

**Dainty Sulphur** (*Nathalis iole*)
**Host Plants**: Spanish needles (*Bidens* alba)
**Habitat**: Disturbed sites, roadsides, fallow agricultural land
**Size**: 1.0 to 1.25 inches

**Alfalfa Sulphur** (*Colias eurytheme*)
**Host Plants**: Alfalfa (*Medicago sativa*), other herbaceous Fabaceae
**Habitat**: Fields, roadsides, agricultural land
**Size**: 1.5 to 2.25 inches

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