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Glutophrissa drusilla (Tropical White)

Synonyms: Appias drusilla; Appias drusilla monomorpha

Wikipedia Abstract

Appias drusilla, the Florida white or tropical white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in tropical America from Brazil north to southern peninsular Florida and the Florida Keys and Antilles. It frequently visits coastal Texas and is a rare stray to Nebraska and Colorado. The habitat consists of tropical lowland evergreen or semideciduous forests. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, including Drypetes lateriflora and Capparis flexuosa in Florida. They are shade loving and feed during the night and on cloudy days.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cynophalla flexuosa (falseteeth)[1]
Drypetes lateriflora (guiana plum)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Gonzalagunia hirsuta (mata de Mariposa)[1]
Wedelia hookeriana[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0