Phoebis

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

Phoebis
Phoebis avellaneda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Coliadini
Genus: Phoebis
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Colias Hübner, [1819] (preocc. Colias Fabricius, 1807)
  • Callidryas Boisduval & Leconte, [1830]
  • Metura Butler, 1873
  • Parura Kirby, 1896

Selected species
  • Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, [1836]) – 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 sulphur, yellow apricot (Mexico to Peru, Brazil, Cuba, Hispaniola)
  • Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless

sulphur, common yellow (southern North America to South America)

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References
  1. Phoebis, funet.fi


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