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Florida White (Appias drusilla )

Family: Pieridae
FNAI State Rank: S2S3

Range: Florida Keys and coastal areas of Miami-Dade County and Monroe County; irregular strays to Gainesville
Seasonal Occurrence: all year in normal range but most common in May and June

Habitat: tropical hardwood hammocks
Host Plants: capers (Capparis and Drypetes)

The Florida White is rarer than its cousin, the Great Southern White, which is less habitat-restricted. The Florida White also tends to fly in shady rather than sunlit areas.

Information on seasonal occurrence and host plant in Florida is extracted from Glassberg et al. (2000) Butterflies through Binoculars: Florida, Oxford University Press, and Cech et al. (2005) Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide, Princeton University Press.