Phoebis philea (Linnaeus, 1763)
Orange-barred Sulphur
Papilio philea (Linnaeus, 1763) |
Common species in open areas and sunny. Always active sucking salts in puddles, or visiting flowers. Males and females are yellow, varying the tone between the sexes.
Argentina; Belize; Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; El Salvador; Guyana; México; Panamá; Perú; Puerto Rico; Quisqueya; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
Adults are observed visiting flowers and sucking dissolved salts in the soil moist.
The caterpillars feed on many species of Leguminosae. According compiled by Beccaloni et al. 2008, are host-plants:
Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Cassia grandis, Cassia imperialis, Cassia javanica, Chamaecrista glandulosa tristicula, Cassia spp., Senna alata, Senna bicapsularis, Senna corymbosa, Senna fruticosa, Senna hayesiana, Senna hirsuta, Senna macranthera, Senna mutisiana, Senna occidentalis, Senna pallida, Senna papillosa, Senna reticulata, Senna siamea, Senna spectabilis.
Leguminosae - Papilionoideae: Coronilla valentina, Medicago sativa
Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava
yellow, orange
anthropogenic, open forest / meadow, river bank
- Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):
- Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536