Aphrissa

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Aphrissa
Aphrissa statira statira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
Genus: Aphrissa
Butler, 1873
Species

See text.

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

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • 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)

References

  1. Aphrissa, funet.fi
  2. Interactive Listing, Butterflies of America

External links

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