''Aphrissa orbis'', the orbed sulphur, is a

butterfly 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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. It is native to

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

and

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

but is a very rare stray to

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. The habitat consists of tropical moist forests above 500 meters.Butterflies and Moths of North America
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is . The upper surface of the male forewings is pale lemon yellow with a large orange patch on the basal third. The female upper surface is deep ochre, the underside of the hindwing with a large brown patch. There are multiple generations per year on Cuba and Hispaniola. They feed on flower nectar of various flowers, including ''

Ageratum conyzoides ''Ageratum conyzoides'' (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed, mentrasto) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and is an invasive weed in many other regions. It is an herb that is 0.5–1 m. high, with ovate leaves 2–6&n ...

'', '' Antigonon leptotus'' and ''

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'' species. The larvae feed on '' Poinciana pulcherrima''.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''Aphrissa orbis orbis'' (Cuba) *''Aphrissa orbis browni'' (Munroe, 1947) (Haiti)

References

Coliadinae Butterflies described in 1832 {{Pieridae-stub