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Orange-barred Sulphur

Phoebis philea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 46, February 44, March 58, April 73, May 46, June 46, July 83, August 173, September 87, October 171, November 108, December 78.
United States2,096
Mexico1,013
Brazil448
Texas286
Sao Paulo211
Costa Rica173
Mexico118
Oaxaca56
Rio de Jeneiro47
Provincia Alajuela44

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusPhoebis

Sources

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