GENUS
Phoebis
Phoebis sennae
Cloudless Sulphur
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers)) Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows) Subfamily Coliadinae (Sulphurs and Yellows) Genus Phoebis Species sennae (Cloudless Sulphur) |
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Size: up to 3'
Flights: many flights in south; northern migrants usually do not reproduce |
Adult food: nectar from flowers with long tubes
Larval food: woody and herbaceous legumes |
Eggs: laid singly on young leaves or flower buds
Larvae: eat leaves and rest on underside of leaf petioles |