Whites and Yellows

Papilionoidea - Pieridae

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Southern Small White, Minami-monshirochô or Pieris mannii. photo: 09/2001, Plateau de Lienz, France.				Cabbage White [1], Mon shirochô or Pieris rapae. photo: 07/2002, Chiba, Japan.



Three-spot Grass Yellow, Taiwan Kichô or Eurema blanda. photo: 12/2002, Okinawa, Japan.		Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [1][2], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 05/2003, Ibaraki, Japan.		Anthocharis scolymus [1], or Tsumakichô. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.



Unidentied White, Pieris sp. photo: 05/2003, Nagano, Japan.		A Grass Yellow [1], Kita Kichô or Eurema mandarina. photo: 06/2003, Tokyo, Japan.		Caper Gull [1][2], or Cepora perimale. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia.



Lemon Emigrant [1][2], Usuki Shirochô or Catopsilia pomona, probably. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia.		Pink Grass Yellow, or Eurema herla, probably. photo: 08/2003, Litchfield NP, NT, Australia.		Anthocharis scolymus [2], or Tsumakichô. photo: 04/2004, Tokyo, Japan.



Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [3], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.		A White [1][2], Sujiguro shirochô or Pieris melete. photo: 04/2003, Gunma, Japan.		A White [1], Yamato Sujirugo Shirocho or Pieris nesis. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.



Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [4], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 04/2004, Gunma, Japan.		A Grass Yellow [1][2], or Eurema sp. photo: 08/2004, Powaka, Suriname.		Perrhybris sp.. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.



A Grass Yellow, or Eurema sp. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.		A Grass Yellow, or Eurema sp. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.		An Orange Tip [3], Anthocharis scolymus or Tsumakichô. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.



Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [5][6][7], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan.		(Wing of) Red-base Jezebel [1], Delias pasithoe curasena, or Akane Shirochô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.		Yellow Orange Tip, Ixias pyrene insignis, or Mesushiro Kichô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.



Indian Cabbage White [1][2][3], Pieris canidia canidia, or Taiwan Monshirochô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.		Spotted Sawtooth [1][2][3], Prioneris thestylis formosana, or Madara Shirochô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.		Lesser Gull [1], Cepora nadina eunama, or Usu Murasaki Shirochô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan.



Cabbage White [2], Mon shirochô or Pieris rapae. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan.		Lemon Emigrant [3][4], Usuki Shirochô or Catopsilia pomona. photo: 08/2005, Hong Kong.		Great Orange Tip [1][2], Tsuma Beni chô or Hebomoia glaucippe. photo: 08/2005, Hong Kong.



An Orange Tip, Colotis sp. photo: 08/2005, Etosha, Namibia.		Cambridge Vagrant, or Nepheronia thalassina. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia.		Eastern Dotted Border, or Mylothris agathina. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia.



A Caper White, or Belenois sp. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia.		Orange and Lemon, or Eronia leda. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia.		Great Orange Tip [3], Tsuma Beni chô or Hebomoia glaucippe. photo: 08/2005, Hong Kong.



A Grass Yellow [2][3], Kita Kichô or Eurema mandarina. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.		Ceylon Lessor Albatross, Namie Shiro Chô or Appias paulina. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.		Pale Jezebel, Delias sanaca perspicua. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.



Indian Cabbage White [4], Pieris canidia indica, or Taiwan Monshirochô. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.		Red-base Jezebel [2], Delias pasithoe thyra or D.p.beata, or Akane Shirochô. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.		Common Grass Yellow [1], Kichô or Eurema hecabe contubernalis. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.



Green-veined White [1], Ezo Sujiguro shirochô or Pieris napi montana. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.		Lemon Migrant, Usuki Shirochô or Catopsilia pomona pomona. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand.		Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [8], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 05/2007, Ehime, Japan.



A White [3], Sujiguro shirochô or Pieris melete. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo Japan.		A Grass Yellow [4][5], Kita Kichô or Eurema mandarina. photo: 06/2007, Tokyo, Japan.		Forest Grass Yellow, or Eurema senegalensis. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.



Unidentified Grass Yellow [1][2], or Eurema sp. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon.		Western Dotted Border [1][2], or Mylothris chloris. photo: 08/2007, La Lopé, Gabon.		Three-spot Grass Yellow, Taiwan Kichô or Eurema blanda. photo: 11/2007, Penghu Island, Taiwan.



Plain Puffin [1][2], Appias indra arisoxenus or Kumogata Shirochô. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.		Indian Cabbage White [4], Pieris canidia canidia, or Taiwan Monshirochô. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.		Lesser Gull [2], Cepora nadina eunama, or Usu Murasaki Shirochô. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.



Red-base Jezebel [3][4], Delias pasithoe curasena or Akane Shirochô. photo: 03/2008, Wutai, Taiwan.		Cabbage White [3], Mon shirochô or Pieris rapae. photo: 04/2008, Tokyo, Japan.		Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [9][10], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 05/2008, Tochigi, Japan.



An Orange Tip [4], Anthocharis scolymus or Tsumakichô. photo: 04/2005, Tokyo, Japan.		A White [4], Sujiguro shirochô or Pieris melete. photo: 05/2008, Tochigi, Japan.		Lesser Brimstone, Sujiboso Yama Kichô or Gonepteryx mahaguru aspasia. photo: 05/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.



A Grass Yellow, or Eurema (alitha) esakii. photo: 06/2008, Guanziling, Taiwan.		A Jezebel, or Delias wilemani. photo: 06/2008, Alishan, Taiwan.		A White [2], Yamato Sujiguro Shirocho or Pieris nesis. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.



Large White [1][2], Oo Monshirochô or Pieris brassicae. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.		Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [11][12], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.		A White [5][6][7][8], Sujiguro shirochô or Pieris melete. photo: 07/2008, Hokkaido, Japan.



Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow [12], Mon Kichô or Colias erate. photo: 07/2008, Yamanashi, Japan.		Checkered White, or Pontia protodice. photo: 08/2008, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, USA.		Mexican Yellow, or Eurema mexicana. photo: 08/2008, Madera Canyon, Arizona, USA.



Sleepy Orange, or Eurema nicippe. photo: 08/2008, Saguaro NP, Arizona, USA.		Couldless Giant Sulphur, Watari Oo Kichô or Phoebis sennae. photo: 08/2008, Saguaro NP, Arizona, USA.		Dogface Butterfly or Zerene cesonia. photo: 08/2008, Saguaro NP, Arizona, USA.



Tailed Orange or Eurema proterpia. photo: 08/2008, Sunglow Ranch, Arizona, USA.		Boisduval's Yellow or Eurema arbela boisduvaliana. photo: 08/2008, Chiricahuas NM, Arizona, USA.		Dwarf Yellow or Nathalis iole. photo: 09/2008, Paradise, Arizona, USA.

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