#3097 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © bwood708 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Teresa Murr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Edward Perry IV · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Wolf-Achim and Hanna Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Renee Buck · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 2158 N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA, US:© Cat Ordway · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 707 Bee Rdg Path, Cochranville, PA 19330, USA:© bethpolvino · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Camacan - BA, 45880-000, Brasil:© Paulo Paixão · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Nogales, AZ 85621, USA:© santaritawatcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 83 Beach Dr, North Cape May, NJ 08204, USA:© bethpolvino · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phoebis sennae , the cloudless sulphur or cloudless giant sulphur , is a mid-sized butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the New World. There are several similar species such as the yellow angled-sulphur ( Anteos maerula ), which has angled wings, statira sulphur ( Aphrissa statira), and other sulphurs, which are much smaller.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 56,650iNaturalist observations
weight 0.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
56,650 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).