Pieridae : Pierinae
Glutophrissa drusilla (Butler, 1872)
Florida White
Glutophrissa drusilla (Butler, 1872)
Florida White
Description and Similar Species: Wingspan 44-66mm. Rather smaller than Great Southern White Ascia monuste or Cuban White Ganyra menciae. Sexually dimorphic. Males are pure white on both sides with a fine black edging along the costa. Females are white with a black border to the forewing that shows through to the underside. The inner edge of the black border is smooth rather than deeply indented as in A. monuste. In some females the black border is broader and more extensive extending to black spots on the edge of the upperside hindwing
Range: Southern USA down to Peru and most of the Caribbean Islands.
Status: Widespread and fairly common in Cuba.
Nectar Plants: Tournefortia hirsutissima, Ageratum conyzoides, Lippia alba, Flaveria trinerva, Suriana maritima and animal dung.
Larval Foodplants: Drypetes (Putranjivaceae previously Euphorbiaceae) and Capparis (Capparaceae).
Range: Southern USA down to Peru and most of the Caribbean Islands.
Status: Widespread and fairly common in Cuba.
Nectar Plants: Tournefortia hirsutissima, Ageratum conyzoides, Lippia alba, Flaveria trinerva, Suriana maritima and animal dung.
Larval Foodplants: Drypetes (Putranjivaceae previously Euphorbiaceae) and Capparis (Capparaceae).
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