Butterflies of Michigan

This guide features butterfly species found in Michigan. The guide was compiled from all research grade observations submitted to iNaturalist. Butterfly species are ordered by rank abundance based on observations made by iNaturalist users. The guide was created spring of 2021 by the Jamieson ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Butterflies Superfamily Papilionoidea
- Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs Family Pieridae
  - 6 Yellows and Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae
  - 7 Whites Subfamily Pierinae

Cabbage White ¹
Pieris rapae

Clouded Sulphur ²
Colias philodice

Orange Sulphur ³
Colias eurytheme

Mustard White ⁴
Pieris oleracea

Pink-edged Sulphur ⁵
Colias interior

West Virginia White ⁶
Pieris virginiensis

Little Yellow ⁷
Pyrisitia lisa

Olympia Marble ⁸
Euchloe olympia

Dainty Sulphur ⁹
Nathalis iole

Checkered White ¹⁰
Pontia protodice

Large White ¹¹
Pieris brassicae

Green-eyed White ¹²
Leptophobia aripa

Cloudless Sulphur ¹³
Phoebis sennae

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Butterflies of Michigan

Cabbage White 1 Pieris rapae

Clouded Sulphur 2 Colias philodice

Orange Sulphur 3 Colias eurytheme

Mustard White 4 Pieris oleracea

Pink-edged Sulphur 5 Colias interior

West Virginia White 6 Pieris virginiensis

Little Yellow 7 Pyrisitia lisa

Olympia Marble 8 Euchloe olympia

Dainty Sulphur 9 Nathalis iole

Checkered White 10 Pontia protodice

Large White 11 Pieris brassicae

Green-eyed White 12 Leptophobia aripa

Cloudless Sulphur 13 Phoebis sennae