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Aphrissa
Sign in to saveAphrissa is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.
Species
Statira Sulphur
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPieridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Pieridae
- Collections
- YPM
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Brazil
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Aphrissa is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in Central and South America.
==Species== Listed alphabetically: 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)
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