Phoebis

Phoebis
Phoebis avellaneda specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Coliadinae
Tribe:	Coliadini
Genus:	Phoebis Hübner, [1819]
Species
See text[1]
Synonyms
Colias Hübner, [1819] (preocc. Colias Fabricius, 1807) Callidryas Boisduval & Leconte, [1830] Metura Butler, 1873 Parura Kirby, 1896

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

Selected species

• Phoebis agarithe (Boisduval, [1836]) – Orange giant sulphur, large orange sulphur (southern USA 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

References

Gallery

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  Orange-barred sulphur

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  Cloudless sulphur, Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo