Bug FAQArctic White
Pieris angelika · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Pieridae
Adult Arctic White butterflies have a wingspan between about 33 and 42 mm. Males appear mostly white from above with a thin black line along the wing edge, while females may be white or yellow and show dark scales and patches on the veins. They are found in north-western Canada and Alaska.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Males are mostly white when seen from above, with a thin black line on the wing costa and margin.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
The average wingspan of an adult is 33 to 42 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its main range includes north-western Canada and Alaska.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to north-western Canada and Alaska.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 2 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Alaska, Wyoming.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Pieridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_angelika
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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.