Phoebis

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Phoebis

Phoebis avellaneda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pieridae
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 subfamily Coliadinae of the "whites" or family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

## 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)

Moved:

* Phoebis orbis moved to Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur

## References

1. ↑ Phoebis, funet.fi

## Gallery

* Orange-barred sulphur

* Cloudless sulphur, Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo

Wikidata ☰ Q1757979 entry

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