WHITES AND YELLOWS

CHECKERED WHITE -  occasional rare to uncommon immigrant from west and south,  late spring to fall,  absent many years.  usually occurring in overgrown fields    p.51 plate 5

WEST VIRGINIA WHITE-  local and uncommon in mountains, one brood, April-May. I have seen this species 2000' ASL and above near the SC/NC border.   p. 53   plate 6

CABBAGE WHITE-  common     This is an introduced species from Europe. Its larva are sometimes an agricultural pest.   Common most of United States.   p.  54  plate 6

FALCATE ORANGETIP-  fairly common low to the ground in and near forests, late March and April. Single spring brood.   Males pictured.  Females lack orange tip  p. 56  plate 7

CLOUDED SULPHUR-  This and the very similar Orange Sulphur are common in open fields and sometimes visit gardens. The Orange Sulphur is much more common in our area and becoming more so.  Both have several broods, hybridize, and are seen from March until autumn. It's often not easy to tell them apart.   p. 56  plate 8

I am no longer confident that these are Clouded and not Orange Sulfurs.  They hybridize.  Genetic studies suggest that the Orange Sulfur is becoming more common and the Clouded less with the Orange's genes possibly swamping the Clouded's. The two below are probably Clouded.

ORANGE SULPHUR-  quite variable in amount of orange. Very common in fields, several broods  p.57  plate 8   The "cloud" (dark area towards wing tips seen below) extends beyond black spots in the forewing of the Orange, but not the Clouded Sulphur.

Female Orange or Clouded Sulphur

Many female Orange and Clouded Suphurs are greenish white especially in spring-

Orange Sulphur in flight-

SOUTHERN DOGFACE-  rare immigrant from south.   This photo from Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. I have only seen this species a couple of times in Upstate SC.   p. 58  plate 8

CLOUDLESS SULPHUR-  large butterfly and uncommon spring to increasingly common late summer and fall  p. 58  plate  11     These large Sulphurs do not usually overwinter in Upstate, but reach and colonize our area each spring and summer with noticeable southward migration in autumn.  Male left and female right-

LITTLE YELLOW-  Small butterfly. Immigrant from south, rare early summer, and occasional to common late summer into fall   p. 62 plate 9

SLEEPY ORANGE-  Bright orange, fairly common spring, and increasingly common late summer into late fall.   This is often the most common yellow butterfly in gardens          p. 64  plate 10    Spring and fall forms are different- first photo, spring form and second, autumn form

DAINTY SULPHUR- rare in our area.  Occurs some years in autumn  p.  64 plate 8             First photo Spartanburg County and second photo Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas