genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the
family
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Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
found in
Central
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and
South America
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Interactive Listing Butterflies of America
*'' Aphrissa boisduvalii'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – Boisduval's sulphur (Mexico to Peru)
*'' Aphrissa fluminensis'' (d'Almeida, 1921) – Rio de Janeiro sulphur (Costa Rica, Brazil, Peru)
*'' Aphrissa godartiana'' (Swainson, 1821) – Godart's sulphur (Hispaniola, Jamaica)
*'' Aphrissa neleis'' (Boisduval, 1836) – pink-spot sulphur (Caribbean)
*'' Aphrissa orbis'' (Poey, 1832) – orbed sulphur, orbis sulphur (Caribbean)
*'' Aphrissa schausi'' (Avinoff, 1926) – Schaus' sulphur (Mexico, Guatemala)
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Aphrissa statira
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'' (Cramer,
777
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– statira sulphur, pale sulphur (Florida to Mexico, Caribbean)
*'' Aphrissa wallacei'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) – Wallace's sulphur (Costa Rica to Argentina)