NSIS: Butterfly Species

name	range & habitat	active & broods	adult & larval foods
Sulphurs Coliadinae Size varies. Yellow or orange although some females are white.
Southern Dogface Colias cesonia	statewide except Keys woods	all year many	flowers, mud Dalea, alfalfa, sweet clover, leadplant
Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme	statewide fields	Mar-Dec overlapping	flowers, mud beans, vetch, sweet clover
Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice	panhandle fields	Mar-Dec several	flowers, mud white clover
Barred Yellow Eurema daira	statewide dunes, pine woods	all year many	flowers, mud beans, pencil flower
Dina Yellow Eurema dina	south woods, bushy fields	all year many	small-flowered asters Mexican alvaradoa
Little Yellow Eurema lisa	statewide fields	all year many	legumes, small flowers legumes, clovers
Sleepy Orange Eurema nicippe	statewide fields, pine woods	all year 3	Spanish needles Cassia
Mimosa Yellow Eurema nise	extreme south woodland edges	May-Dec 3	small-flowered composites sensitive plant
Lyside Sulphur Kricogoia lyside	south woods	May-Aug many	Spanish needles, black mangrove lignum vitae
Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole	peninsula dunes, fields	all year many	low flowers asters, marigolds, chickweed
Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe	central, south scrub	Mar-Dec many	Hibiscus, Lantana blackbead, cat claw, Cassia
Orange Barred Sulphur Phoebis philea	central, south gardens, fields	all year 2+	flowers, mud Cassia, Poinsettia
Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae	statewide gardens, fields beaches	all year multiple	Hibiscus, Lantana, Cordia Cassia
Statira Sulphur Phoebis statira	central, south coasts scrub, coasts	Feb-Nov 2	flowers, mud lignum vitae

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