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Phoebis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Coliadinae

Scientific name
  
Phoebis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Pieridae

Tribe
  
Coliadini

Higher classification
  
Coliadini

Phoebis Butterflies of Amazonia Phoebis philea

Similar
  
Phoebis sennae, Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Insect, Pieridae

Yellow butterfly butterfies slow motion cloudless sulphur phoebis sennae


Phoebis, or sulphurs, is a genus of butterflies, belonging to the Coliadinae subfamily of the "whites" or Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

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Phoebis Phoebis philea huebneri pinned specimens

Phoebis philea orange barred sulphur


Selected species

Phoebis butterfly Phoebis argante

  • Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, [1836]) – orange giant sulphur, large orange sulphur (southern US to Peru)
  • Phoebis argante (Fabricius, 1775) – apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur (Mexico to Peru and Brazil, Caribbean)
  • Phoebis avellaneda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – red-splashed sulphur (Cuba)
  • Phoebis bourkei (Dixey, 1933) (Ecuador)
  • Phoebis editha (Butler, 1870) – Edith's sulphur (Haiti)
  • Phoebis neocypris (Hübner, [1823]) – tailed sulphur (Mexico to Peru, Brazil)
  • Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763) – orange-barred (giant) sulphur, yellow apricot (Mexico to Peru, Brazil, Cuba, Hispaniola)
  • Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless giant sulphur, cloudless sulphur, common yellow (southern North America to South America)

    • Moved:

  • Phoebis orbis moved to Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur

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    Phoebis Phoebis argante Wikipedia

    References

    Phoebis Wikipedia
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