Butterflies at Home



Many people ask "what is that white butterfly in my yard?" Several of our favorite butterflies are white, either solid white or shades of white with other markings.

In order to help identify white butterflies, and provide a side-by-side comparison, we have included below photos of several white butterflies.

Cabbage White

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Cabbage White Butterfly

Checkered White

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Checkered White Butterfly

Desert Marble

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Desert Marble Butterfly

White Peacock

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White Peacock Butterfly

Great Southern White

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Great Southern White Butterfly

Margined White

Margined White Butterfly

White-angled Sulphur

White-angled Sulphur Butterfly

Common Mestra

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Photo of a Common Mestra Butterfly

Lavinia White Skipper

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Laviana-white Skipper Butterfly

Rocky Mountain Parnassian

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Rocky Mountain Parnassian Butterfly

Clodius Parnassian

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Clodius Parnassian  Butterfly

Great Orange Tip Butterfly

Seen here at the Butterfly Farm in Aruba (Staff Photo)

Great Orange Tip Butterfly

Falcate Orangetip

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Falcate Orangetip - Anthocharis midea, L by judygva, on Flickr

Pale Swallowtail

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Pale Swallowtail Butterfly

Zebra Swallowtail

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Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe)

Also known as the paper kite butterfly, rice paper butterfly, large tree nymph, or the white nymph butterfly.

Seen here at the Butterfly Farm in Aruba (Staff Photo)

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The beautuful, delicate Tree Nymph

Salt Marsh Moth

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Salt Marsh Moth