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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Sulphurs and Yellows (Coliadinae) » Phoebis » Orange-barred Sulphur - Hodges#4229 (Phoebis philea)
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Possible Phoebis Argante - Phoebis philea - female
Copyright © 2009 rkcamper

Possible Phoebis Argante - Phoebis philea - Female
Spring Branch area of Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 26, 2007
Size: W.S. 2"or greater
The broken - zig zag line on FW below, combined with size and other markings, indicates this could be a Phoebis argante. Not Phoebis Argrithe, as it has a straight line on HW below. Believe I have also ruled out Orange Barred Sulphur and Cloudless Giant, all of which I have photographs. Significant storms along the Gulf Coast has been known to push tropical butterflies into this area. Need help.
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Contributed by rkcamper on 22 October, 2009 - 1:27pm
Last updated 16 February, 2015 - 12:20am

Moved
Moved from Phoebis.
… Cliff Ivy, 16 February, 2015 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

How did you rule out P. philea?
How did you rule out P. philea?
… semirelicta, 10 June, 2012 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2009 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Could be correct,
but could be Orange-barred. I don't remember if there is a sure way to tell from the under side.

Markings are pretty much the same as this one, even if hue is different.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 November, 2009 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 November, 2009 - 5:38am login or register to post comments

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