''Phoebis'', or sulphurs, is a genus of butterflies, belonging to the subfamily

Coliadinae 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 ...

of the "whites" or family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. They are native to the

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Selected species

*'' Phoebis agarithe'' (Boisduval,

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– large orange sulphur (southern US to Peru) *''

Phoebis argante ''Phoebis argante'', the apricot sulphur or Argante giant sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Description ''Phoebis argante'' has a wingspan of about . The uppersides of the male's wings are bright orange with a thin black or dark bro ...

'' (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,

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– tailed sulphur (Mexico to Peru, Brazil) *''

Phoebis philea ''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.Phoebis sennae ''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'' ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – cloudless sulphur, common yellow (southern North America to South America) Moved: *''Phoebis orbis'' moved to '' Aphrissa orbis'' (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur

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File:Phoebis philea philea MHNT dos.jpg, Orange-barred sulphur File:Phoebis sennae.JPG, Cloudless sulphur,

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Coliadinae Pieridae of South America Pieridae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxa described in 1819 {{pieridae-stub