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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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A Type of Sulphur? - Phoebis sennae
Copyright © 2006 Bill Brower

A Type of Sulphur? - Phoebis sennae
Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
September 7, 2006
Size: 4" (approx)
Looks a little like the Orange-barred Sulphurs I see around here in this same area near senna bushes, but no visible orange on this one.
Any ideas?
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Contributed by Bill Brower on 7 September, 2006 - 10:06am
Last updated 8 September, 2006 - 11:13pm

What about Cloudless?
Phoebis sennae.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 7 September, 2006 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Cloudless?
At first I thought that might have been it, but the images on this page convince me otherwise. The double white spot on the wing, and the light orange wing border on most of those shots did it for me. This entire batch (Sulphurs) seems a little weakly defined for a rookie like me.

Thanks for your help though.
… Bill Brower, 7 September, 2006 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Look again
You will notice that not all those bugs have the wing border (since in old specimens like yours this will often have worn away), and not all of them have the same spot patter (some have one spot or practically no spot in hindwing).
… Cliff Bernzweig, 7 September, 2006 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
I'm convinced. Thanks for the help.
… Bill Brower, 8 September, 2006 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

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