''Phoebis avellaneda'', the red-splashed sulphur, is a large, striking yellow butterfly in the family

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 Le ...

. It is an

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

species found only in

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 ...

. ''P. avellanada'' was named to honour the Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. The insect is rare in collections. The butterfly is depicted on two Cuban

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; issues of 1982 20c and 1984 1c.

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Butterflies of the Americas
Coliadinae Butterflies of Cuba Endemic fauna of Cuba Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer Butterflies described in 1865 {{pieridae-stub