Aphrissa

Aphrissa is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.

Aphrissa
Aphrissa statira statira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Coliadini
Genus: Aphrissa
Butler, 1873
Species

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Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

  • Aphrissa boisduvalii (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Boisduval's sulphur (Mexico to Peru)
  • Aphrissa fluminensis (d'Almeida, 1921) – Rio de Janeiro sulphur (Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru)
  • Aphrissa godartiana (Swainson, 1821) – Godart's sulphur (Hispaniola, Jamaica)
  • Aphrissa neleis (Boisduval, 1836) – pink-spot sulphur (Caribbean)
  • Aphrissa orbis (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur, orbis sulphur (Caribbean)
  • Aphrissa schausi (Avinoff, 1926) – Schaus' sulphur (Mexico, Guatemala)
  • Aphrissa statira (Cramer, [1777]) – statira sulphur, pale sulphur (Florida to Mexico, Caribbean)
  • Aphrissa wallacei (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – Wallace's sulphur (Costa Rica to Argentina)

References
  1. Aphrissa, funet.fi
  2. Interactive Listing, Butterflies of America
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