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Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas.There are several similar species such as the clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), the yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula), which has angled wings, the statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller.
It is a larval host and nectar source for the Cloudless Giant Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) butterfly. [7] It is also of special value to native bumble bees . [ 7 ] [ 9 ]
Cramer, 1777. Synonyms. Phoebis statira Cramer, 1777. Aphrissa statira, the statira sulphur, [2] is a species of Lepidoptera in the family Pieridae. [3] The species is a medium-sized yellow butterfly, with females more pale than males. They are found from southern regions of Florida and Texas through southern Brazil and northern Argentina.
Description. This species is a typical member of the genus. Both genders typically have pale yellow wings above with no traces of orange, unlike its close cousin the orange sulphur which may also be yellowish. Males have clean borders, while females have yellow dots within this region. Females sometimes exhibit a white form known as alba.
Colias eurytheme. Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of " clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico.
The host plants are in the family Fabaceae. [1] Pierinae (55 genera), whites, yellows, and orange-tips; many of these species are strongly migratory. Host plants are in the families Capparidaceae, Brassicaceae, Santalaceae, and Loranthaceae. [1] Coliadinae (14 genera), sulphurs or yellows; many of these species are sexually dimorphic.
Lantana Violet color from Arecode, Kerala, India. Lantana (/ lænˈtɑːnə, - ˈteɪ -/) [2] is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian ...
Coliadinae, the sulphurs or yellows, are a subfamily of butterflies with about 300 described species. There are 36 species in North America, where they range from Mexico to northern Canada. In most species, males are easily distinguished from females. For example, in the genera Colias and Gonepteryx), males exhibit brilliant UV reflections that ...