Phoebis argante

Phoebis argante

Phoebis argante from Mexico, dorsal side

Phoebis argante from Colombia, ventral side
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Phoebis
Species:	P. argante
Binomial name
*Phoebis argante* (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio argante Fabricius, 1775 Papilio cipris Cramer, [1777] Papilio volcanica Perry, 1811 Phoebis cypris Hübner, [1819] Colias cnidia Godart, 1819 Papilio aurantia Larrañaga, 1923 Papilio larra Fabricius, 1798 Papilio hersilia Cramer, [1777] Papilio xanthe Sepp, [1847] (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Callidryas minuscula Butler, 1869 Callidryas fornax Butler, 1871 Callidryas rorata Butler, 1869 Phoebis argante f. adela Brown, 1929

Phoebis argante, the apricot sulphur or Argante giant sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.

Description

Phoebis argante has a wingspan of about 54–67 millimetres (2.1–2.6 in). The uppersides of the male's wings are bright orange with a thin black or dark brown border on forewings. The hindwings are slightly paler and have two small whitish spots in the middle. The basic colour of the females vary from white to yellow, with dark borders.

Larvae feed on Pentaclethra macroloba, Cassia biflora, Cassia fruticosa, Inga vera, Inga ruiziana.

Distribution

This species can be found from Mexico up to Peru, in Antilles and in Cuba.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

Phoebis argante argante (Brazil, Uruguay)
Phoebis argante larra (Fabricius, 1798) (Guyana, Surinam)
Phoebis argante minuscula (Butler, 1869) (Cuba)
Phoebis argante rorata (Butler, 1869) (Dominican Republic)
Phoebis argante comstocki Avinoff, 1944 (Jamaica)
Phoebis argante chincha Lamas, 1976 (Peru)
Phoebis argante martini Comstock, 1944
Phoebis argante ssp. (Mexico)

R. a. argante puddles with other yellows and sulphurs including the Stratia sulphur (Aphrissa statira), straight-line sulphur (Rhabdodryas trite); and orange-banded sulphur (Phoebis philea).

P. a. argante
puddling, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil
puddling, Cristalino River
Southern Amazon, Brazil

References

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