Red-splashed sulphur
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Phoebis
Species:
P. avellaneda
Binomial name
Phoebis avellaneda

Phoebis avellaneda, the red-splashed sulphur, is a large, striking yellow butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is an endemic species found only in Cuba.

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 postage stamps; issues of 1982 20c and 1984 1c.


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