Phoebis philea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Coliadinae
Genus: Phoebis
Species: Phoebis philea
Subspecies: P. p. huebneri – P. p. philea – P. p. thalestris
Name

Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms

Papilio philea Linnaeus, 1763
Papilio aricye Cramer, 1776
Papilio melanippe Stoll, 1781
Colias lollia Godart, 1819
Colias aricia Godart, 1819 (emend.)
Colias corday Hübner, 1819 (replacement name)
Catopsilia philea var obsolota Niepelt, 1920
Catopsilia philea ab irma Krüger, 1929
Phoebis philea ab inornata Dufrane, 1947
Phoebis philea f androchroma Bryk, 1953

References

Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

Phoebis philea, the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean.[2]

The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm.[2] 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. Orange-barred sulphurs are often found in large dense groups of mixed species, including the statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), apricot sulphur (Phoebis argante), and the straight-line sulphur (Rhabdodryas trite).[3] The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.

The larvae feed on Cassia species.
Subspecies

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

Gallery
Pinned specimens, both sides
Larvae hosting on Cassia Bakeriana in Miami
Larvae hosting on Cassia Bakeriana in Miami
References

"NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Phoebis philea Orange-barred Sulphur". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
Orange-barred Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada

"Butterflies of Amazonia - Aphrissa statira". www.learnaboutbutterflies.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.

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.