Neophasia menapia, the pine white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western United States and in southern British Columbia, Canada.Pine White, Butterflies of Canada
It is mostly white with black veins and wing bars. The species is similar to Neophasia terlooii but their ranges only overlap in New Mexico.Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY.
The wingspan is . Its habitats include pine forests and Douglas fir forests in northern coastal California.
The host plants are Pinus species, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Abies balsamea, Abies grandis, and Picea sitchensis.Neophasia, funet.fi Adults feed on flower nectar from rabbitbrush, other yellow-flowered composites, and monarda.
Neophasia menapia are a univoltine species that lay their eggs on live pine needles, as stated by a scientific research paper ("Phylogeography and the population genertics of pine butterflies") that details the differences between Neophasia.
Subspecies Subspecies include: Neophasia menapia menapia Neophasia menapia tau (Scudder, 1861)Pelham, J. A Catalogue of the Butterflies and Moths of the United States and Canada. Revised 18 April 2019 Neophasia menapia melanica Scott, 1981 Neophasia menapia tehachapina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998 Neophasia menapia megamenapia Austin, 1998
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