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, ) – 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
Phoebis neocypris (Hübner, ) – 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
Gallery
Orange-barred sulphur
Cloudless sulphur, Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo
