Aphrissa

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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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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