I'm pretty sure this little boy butterfly is a male Barred Yellow
because I can see the upper surface of his wing pattern through his
wings.
He's sipping nectar from
Richardia grandiflora, a very common lawn weed here in South East
Florida.
When you're spraying for weeds, keep in mind that nearly every
little tiny flowering weed in that lawn is a food source for some
adorable little critter like this one.
If we pave and mow everything,
and the human race does seem to be trying to, we'll lose these little
butterflies, and many more, in the process.
These three pictures are of a much more white little butterfly. I think
they're the white form of the Barred Yellow Butterfly.
The
tiny yellow flower the butterfly is drinking from is
Broomweed, another common lawn
weed in South East Florida, and also a host plant for the
Tropical Checkered Skipper Butterfly.
I took these these three pictures in Broward County. All of the others
on this page are from Palm Beach County.
This Barred Yellow Butterfly
is so small that I'm hesitant to even begin looking for its caterpillar.
The Cassius Blue Butterfly is smaller,
and I found it's caterpillar, but I knew they were on a bush in my yard
so it was easier than searching fields as I suspect I'd have to in order
to find this one.