Aphrissa

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Coliadinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Family Pieridae Scientific name Aphrissa Higher classification Coliadinae Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Butterfly, Rhabdodryas, Pieridae, Butterflies and moths, Pyrisitia

Aphrissa is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

Aphrissa boisduvalii (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Boisduval's sulphur (Mexico to Peru)

Aphrissa fluminensis (d'Almeida, 1921) – Rio de Janeiro sulphur (Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru)

Aphrissa godartiana (Swainson, 1821) – Godart's sulphur (Hispaniola, Jamaica)

Aphrissa neleis (Boisduval, 1836) – pink-spot sulphur (Caribbean)

Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur, orbis sulphur (Caribbean)

Aphrissa schausi (Avinoff, 1926) – Schaus' sulphur (Mexico, Guatemala)

Aphrissa statira (Cramer, [1777]) – statira sulphur, pale sulphur (Florida to Mexico, Caribbean)

Aphrissa wallacei (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – Wallace's sulphur (Costa Rica to Argentina)

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