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Overview
Brief Summary
North American Ecology (US and Canada)
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Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press.
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Distribution
Geographic Range
The Orange-barred Giant Sulphur is a resident of the New World Tropics. It is specifically found in lowland tropical America and south on into Brazil. However, it can be an irregular vagrant in southern Texas, Colorado, Minnesota,Wisconsin, and Connecticut.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); neotropical (Native )
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) South Florida and Texas; strays further north. Only nominate subspecies occurs in our area; species occurs through much of Neotropics, south through Brazil. First appeared in Florida in the 1930s.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Physical Description
The Orange-barred Giant Sulfur has a wingspread of 2.75 to 3.25 inches. It has distinguishing yellow and orange markings. The male forewing has a red-orange bar and the hindwing has an orange-red outer margin. Females are larger than the males and are dimorphic. One is yellow with a orange hue and the other is white. Both forms of the female possess a solid black cell spot and black smudges. The outer half of the hindwing on the yellow butterfly is red with an orange hue.
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat
Orange-barred Giant Sulphurs can be found in forest edges, city gardens, and roadsides where flowers grow. They prefer open areas.
Terrestrial Biomes: savanna or grassland ; forest ; rainforest
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Comments: Tropical scrub; gardens, parks. Hosts in genus Cassia, incl. C. bicapsularis; also, Poinciana pulcherima.
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Trophic Strategy
Food Habits
The Orange-barred Giant Sulphur feeds on sennas. The larval foodplants are Partridge Pea, sennas, and clover.
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Population Biology
Number of Occurrences
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300
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Life History and Behavior
Behavior
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Life Cycle
Life History
First instar larva of Phoebis philea hatching from egg. Mexico City, Mexico. © Maria Franco
Phoebis philea last instar larva on Senna in Mexico City, Mexico. The larva is green when it feeds only of the foliage and yellow if it feeds on the flower of the host plant. © Maria Franco
Left: Phoebis philea, freshly eclosed female, Mexico City, Mexico. © Maria Franco. Right: Phoebis philea, freshly eclosed male expanding and drying wings, Mexico City, Mexico. © Andres Buzo
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Reproduction
Reproduction
The larva is a yellow green with lateral stripes and blackish-red dots that taper at the end. It makes a tent to hide in during the day by pulling the leaf of one of its foodplants together.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Phoebis philea
There are 26 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Phoebis philea
Public Records: 26
Species: 54
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
Conservation Status
Although the species has not received special attention, it is extremely rare.
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
State of Michigan List: no special status
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National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: Widespread, common, weedy Neotropical species.
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Threats
Degree of Threat: D : Unthreatened throughout its range, communities may be threatened in minor portions of the range or degree of variation falls within natural variation
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Management
Global Protection: Unknown whether any occurrences are appropriately protected and managed
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
No documented examples.
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Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
No documented examples.
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Wikipedia
Phoebis philea
The Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) is a species of butterfly found in the Americas including the Caribbean.[1]
The wingspan is 68 to 80 mm.[1] There are two to three generations per year in Florida and one in the northern part of the range with adults on wing from mid to late summer. The species habitat is in tropical scrub, gardens, fields, and forest edges. The species eats nectar from red-colored plants.
The larvae feed on Cassia species.
Subspecies
- Phoebis philea philea (Linnaeus, 1763) (USA to Brazil)
- Phoebis philea huebneri Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Cuba)
- Phoebis philea thalestris (Illiger, 1801) (Hispaniola)
Pinned specimens, both sides
References
- ^ a b Orange-barred Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- P. Brock, Jim; Kaufman, Kenn (2003). Butterflies of North America. New York, New York: Houghtin Mifflin Company. pp. 76. ISBN 0-618-25400-5.
- "Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea)". Learn about Butterflies. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Phoebis%20philea.htm. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
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