Red-splashed Sulphur

Red-splashed Sulphur

Taxobox
name = Red-splashed Sulphur


regnum = Animalia
divisio = Rhopalocera
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
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 in Cuba

"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 Cuban postage stamps ; issues of 1982 20c and 1984 1c.


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