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Orange-barred sulfur

Phoebis philea

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
Identification: Upperside of male bright yellow-orange; forewing has red-orange bar and hindwing has red-orange outer margin. The two forms of the female, one off-white and the other yellow-orange, are much larger than the male. Both have upperside of forewing with solid black cell spot and a submarginal row of broken, angled black smudges. Outer half of hindwing of yellow form is red-orange.
Wing Span: 2 3/4 - 4 inches (7 - 10.2 cm).

Habitat:

Open lowland sites such as gardens, forest edges, parks, road edges.

Species ID Suggestions

De la familia de las colias. Yo creo que es colias común

Colias crocea

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae

Comments (1)

Thanks Kristen and Eulalia! I think it could be a Phoebis philea because a web site from Yucatan species mentions this one and my pics also look alike. but could also be the Phoebis suggested by Kristen, I am not sure.

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