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

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References

  1. Phoebis, funet.fi

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