Family overview
Medium-sized butterflies, usually white, yellow, or orange. Wing color pigments are pterins (unique to this group).
Cabbage white (Pieris rapae) caterpillars are major crop pests on Brassicas.
At a glance
Family facts.
Distribution
Worldwide
Habitat
Terrestrial
Approx. species
1,100
Notable members
Cabbage white, clouded sulphur, orange sulphur, dogface butterfly