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Butterflies of Zihuatanejo

SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae

Phoebis sennae, the cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Americas. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur (Anteos maerula), which has angled wings, statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller. The common habitats of this butterfly are open spaces, gardens, glades, seashores, and watercourses. The adult butterfly feeds on nectar from many different flowers with long tubes including cordia, bougainvillea, cardinal flower, hibiscus, lantana, and wild morning glory. The larvae also feed on sennas and partridge peas.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebis_sennaes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

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