Phoebis philea

Phoebis philea, the orange-barred sulphur, is a species of butterfly found in the Americas, including the Caribbean. Its wingspan is 68 to 80 millimetres. In Florida it has two to three generations a year, while in the northern part of its range there is one, with adults on the wing from mid to late summer. It lives in tropical scrub, gardens, fields and forest edges, and orange-barred sulphurs are often seen in large, dense groups of mixed species, which can include the statira sulphur, the apricot sulphur and the straight-line sulphur. Adults take nectar from red-coloured plants and the larvae feed on Cassia species. Three subspecies are listed: the nominate form from the United States to Brazil, huebneri in Cuba and thalestris in Hispaniola.