Phoebis philea

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Orange-barred Sulphur
Adult male
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Phoebis
Species: P. philea
Binomial name
Phoebis philea
(Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Papilio philea Linnaeus, 1763
  • Callidryas philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Papilio aricye Cramer, [1776]
  • Papilio melanippe Stoll, [1781]
  • Colias lollia Godart, 1819
  • Colias aricia Godart, 1819
  • Colias corday Hübner, [1819]

The Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean.[1]

The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm.[1] There are two to three generations per year in Florida and one in the northern part of the range with adults on wing from mid to late summer. The species habitat is in tropical scrub, gardens, fields, and forest edges. The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.

The larvae feed on Cassia species.

Subspecies

  • Phoebis philea philea (Linnaeus, 1763) (USA to Brazil)
  • Phoebis philea huebneri Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Cuba)
  • Phoebis philea thalestris (Illiger, 1801) (Hispaniola)

  • Pinned specimens, both sides

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orange-barred Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  • P. Brock, Jim; Kaufman, Kenn (2003). Butterflies of North America. New York, New York: Houghtin Mifflin Company. p. 76. ISBN 0-618-25400-5. 
  • "Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)". Learn about Butterflies. Retrieved 2012-04-05. 
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