Orange-barred Giant Sulphur, Phoebis philea <LEP41>
Like its relatives, this big beauty flies rapidly but dallies at
flowers or to lay eggs on sennas. The
upperside is rich lemon-yellow, with a bright orange bar on the forewing. Any combination of mottled pink and
orange, with pearly spots in the middle of the hindwing, may be shown by the
variable underside. The female is
deep yellow with black marks on an orange band across the bottom of the
hindwing. |