- Red-splashed Sulphur
Taxobox
name = Red-splashed Sulphur
regnum =Animal ia
divisio =Rhopalocera
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Pieridae
genus = "Phoebis "
species = "P. avellaneda "
binomial = "Phoebis avellaneda "
binomial_authority = (Herrich-Schäffer , 1865)"Phoebis avellaneda" (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) the Red-splashed Sulphur is a large striking yellow butterfly in the family
Pieridae . It is an endemic species found only inCuba "P. avellanada" was named to honour the Cuban writer
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda .The insect is rare in collections.The butterfly is depicted on two Cubanpostage stamps ; issues of 1982 20c and 1984 1c.
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