Read about related Lepidoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. The butterfly members of this Order of insects include the popular and usually colorful species. Butterfly groups include monarchs, satyrs, dagerwings, leaf-wings, owls, buckeyes, admirals, checkerspots, crecents, fritillaries, heliconids, riodinids, blues, hairstreaks, coppers, whites, orange-tips, sulphurs and swallowtails.

Tropical White Butterflies Ascia orseis Lepidoptera Pieridae Mud puddling is one of the favorite pastime of these male Ascia butterflies. After rain, they congregate on muddy banks of river and glean minerals for their frantic mating activities. I found several hundred of these butterflies at the roadside. These tropical Pierids belong to the same family as the common cabbage white butterflies. Many whites incorporate other coloration such as yellows and reds which they derived from their own waste products. View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects