Phoebis

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.

Phoebis
Phoebis avellaneda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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 marcellina^[2]
• 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
2. Núñez, Rayner; Genaro, Julio A.; Pérez-Asso, Antonio; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Janzen, Daniel H.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Wahlberg, Niklas; Hausmann, Axel (April 2020). "Species delimitation and evolutionary relationships among Phoebis New World sulphur butterflies (Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Coliadinae)". Systematic Entomology. 45 (2): 481–492. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..481N. doi:10.1111/syen.12408. ISSN 0307-6970.

Gallery

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  Orange-barred sulphur
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  Cloudless sulphur, Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo