(Pieridae) Found in all major regions of the world, this family includes slightly less than 1,300 described species. Most species, that is about 515 species, live in the Indo-Australian region. Adults are small or big in size and their colour is white mixed with yellow or orange, usually with black spots on their wings. They can be seen flying during the day. Like most larvae families of the Lepidoptera order, larvae are herbivorous consuming mainly foliage and attacking different groups from plants. Many known species cause damage to agriculture, especially the crops of the Cruciferae family such as cabbage.
