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Taxonomy of Genus Phoebis Hübner, 1819
Sulphurs


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyPieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs
230
13433
Genera
Species
SubfamilyColiadinae
Swainson, 1827
Orange Tip Butterflies, Oranges, Sulfurs, Sulphurs
22
3325
Genera
Species
GenusPhoebis
Hübner, 1819
Sulphurs
181Species
Subnodes of Phoebis Hübner, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis adela Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis agarithe Boisduval, 1836
Large orange sulfur, Large orange sulphur
8Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis albante Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis albarithe Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis albescens Dufrane, 1947
SpeciesPhoebis amphitrite Feisthamel, 1839
SpeciesPhoebis androchroma Bryk, 1953
SpeciesPhoebis antillea Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis argante Fabricius, 1775
Apricot, Apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur
18Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis aricia Godart, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis aricye Cramer, 1776
SpeciesPhoebis avellanada
SpeciesPhoebis avellaneda Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
Orange-washed Sulphur, Red-splashed sulphur
1Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis banksi Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis boisduvali Felder, 1861
SpeciesPhoebis bourkei Dixey, 1933
SpeciesPhoebis bracteolata Butler, 1865
SpeciesPhoebis browni Munroe, 1947
SpeciesPhoebis butleri Scudder, 1874
SpeciesPhoebis candens Vázquez, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis chryseida Zikan, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis cinnamonrosea Vázquez, 1954
SpeciesPhoebis cipris Fabricius, 1793  ⇒ Phoebis neocypris
2Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis clarki Schaus, 1920
SpeciesPhoebis cnidia Godart, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis comstocki Avinoff, 1944
SpeciesPhoebis concolor Vázquez, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis corday Hübner, 1823
SpeciesPhoebis cubana d´Almeida, 1939
SpeciesPhoebis cypris Cramer, 1777
SpeciesPhoebis discoflava Bryk, 1953
SpeciesPhoebis drya Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesPhoebis editha Butler, 1870
Edith'S Sulphur, Edith´s sulphur
SpeciesPhoebis etiolata Forbes, 1927
SpeciesPhoebis eubule Linnaeus, 1767  ⇒ Phoebis sennae
SpeciesPhoebis evadne Godart, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis fabia Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesPhoebis fisheri Edwards, 1883
SpeciesPhoebis floridensis Röber, 1909
SpeciesPhoebis fluminensis d´Almeida, 1921
SpeciesPhoebis fornax Butler, 1871
SpeciesPhoebis fugax d´Almeida, 1922
SpeciesPhoebis giacomellii Köhler, 1923
SpeciesPhoebis godartiana Swainson, 1821
1Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis hartonia Butler, 1870
SpeciesPhoebis hersilia Cramer, 1777
SpeciesPhoebis hispaniolae Munroe, 1947
SpeciesPhoebis hubneri Fruhstorfer, 1907
SpeciesPhoebis hyperici Sepp, 1848
SpeciesPhoebis impunctata Vázquez, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis impurpurissata Niepelt, 1934
SpeciesPhoebis inornata Dufrane, 1947
SpeciesPhoebis intermedia Butler, 1872
SpeciesPhoebis irma Krüger, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis irrigata Butler, 1870
SpeciesPhoebis isanthe Zikan, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis ismene Zikan, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis jada Butler, 1870
SpeciesPhoebis jaresia Butler, 1871
SpeciesPhoebis lacteoflavus Goeze, 1779
SpeciesPhoebis larra Fabricius, 1798
SpeciesPhoebis lichas d´Almeida, 1922
SpeciesPhoebis lollia Godart, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis luteus Seligmann, 1773
SpeciesPhoebis marcellina Morris., 1862
SpeciesPhoebis martini Comstock, 1945
SpeciesPhoebis maxima Neumoegen, 1891
SpeciesPhoebis melanippe Stoll, 1781
SpeciesPhoebis minuscula Butler, 1869
SpeciesPhoebis neleis Boisduval, 1836
SpeciesPhoebis neocipris Hübner, 1819
SpeciesPhoebis neocypris Hübner, 1823
Bracteolata Sulphur, Tailed sulphur
9Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis obsoleta Niepelt, 1920
SpeciesPhoebis orbis Poey, 1832  ⇒ Aphrissa orbis
Orbed Sulphur
1Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis palleola Zikan, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis pallida Cockerell, 1889
SpeciesPhoebis pallideflavus Goeze, 1779
SpeciesPhoebis peruvicola Strand, 1912
SpeciesPhoebis philea Linnaeus, 1763
Jaune D´Abricot, Orange-barred giant sulphur
12Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis poeyae Brown, 1931
SpeciesPhoebis pseudomas Giacomelli, 1911
SpeciesPhoebis pupillata Dillon, 1947
SpeciesPhoebis rorata Butler, 1869
SpeciesPhoebis rubrofasciata Vázquez, 1952
SpeciesPhoebis rurina Felder, 1861
2Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis salvatori Calzadilla Nuñez, 1973
SpeciesPhoebis schausi Avinoff, 1925
SpeciesPhoebis semimaculata de la Maza, 1975
SpeciesPhoebis sennae Linnaeus, 1758
Cloudless giant sulphur, Cloudless sulfur, Common yellow
11Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis sennalba Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis senne
SpeciesPhoebis solstitia A.G. Butler, 1869  ⇒ Phoebis avellaneda
SpeciesPhoebis stalba Brown, 1931
SpeciesPhoebis statira Cramer, 1777  ⇒ Aphrissa statira
Statira Sulphur
5Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis subtermaculata Vázquez, 1949
SpeciesPhoebis tatei Brown, 1933  ⇒ Phoebis bourkei
SpeciesPhoebis thalestris Illiger, 1802
SpeciesPhoebis tiomana Moulton, 1923
SpeciesPhoebis tralba Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis trite Linnaeus, 1758
4Subspecies
SpeciesPhoebis virgo Butler, 1870
SpeciesPhoebis volcanica Perry, 1811
SpeciesPhoebis wallacei Felder, 1862
SpeciesPhoebis watsoni Brown, 1929
SpeciesPhoebis xanthe Sepp, 1848
SpeciesPhoebis yamana Reakirt, 1863
SpeciesPhoebis zulema Poey, 1853

Synonyms
Aphrissa (Butler, 1873)
Callidryas (J.B.A.D. Boisduval & J.E. Le Conte, 1830)
Colias (J. Hübner, 1819)
Metura (A.G. Butler, 1873)
Parura (W.F. Kirby, 1896)
Rhabdodryas (Godman & Salvin, 1889)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Phoebis
EnglishSulphurs


Distribution of Phoebis Hübner, 1819
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Russia, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela


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