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Orange-barred Sulphur
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Butterflies & moths

Orange-barred Sulphur

Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)

Names

EnglishOrange-barred Sulphur
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa Azufre de Bandas Naranja
Chinese黄纹菲粉蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific namePhoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)

About this species

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

The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm. 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). The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.

The larvae feed on Cassia species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusPhoebis

In Suriname

16Records in Suriname
11iNaturalist observations
1932First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo4
  • Brokopondo3
  • Sipaliwini3
  • Wanica1
  • Para1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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