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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 » Cloudless Sulphur - Hodges#4228 (Phoebis sennae)
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Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae
Copyright © 2004 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae
Gainesville, Florida, USA
August 22, 2004
I found this on Cassia in my garden. I think it's probably Cloudless Sulphur but would appreciate a second opinion - it has more blue than I see on the images here (see below). About 1.5".


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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 23 August, 2004 - 4:56pm
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 3:42pm

Phoebis sennae or Cloudless Sulphur
These larvae may be differentiated from Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulphur) or Eurema nicippe (Sleepy Orange) larvae by the lateral yellow line and the blue areas just above that.
… Alan Chin Lee, 23 August, 2004 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

I agree
Compare with these photos:
Georgia Lepidoptera
And note the wildly different color morphs!

I can't say I've exhaustively eliminated all related butterflies, but it certainly looks like it to me.
… Troy Bartlett, 23 August, 2004 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks - I will move to guide
and now it has pupated I can post an image of that, too.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 25 August, 2004 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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