Cloudless Sulfur - Phoebis sennae

Lepidoptera: Pieridae

Phoebis sennae marcellina
Identified by Dr. Robert Baldridge

Nectar: Coral Honeysuckle, Turk's Cap, Plumbago, & Sages
Host Plants: Sennas
Habitat: Wide variety of open weedy tropical and subtropical situations.

Flight Period: The Cloudless Sulfur is multiple brooded, adults flying from February to December.

Courtesy of S. Peregrine Johnson.

Characteristics: Larger than our other sulfur butterflies. Male--yellow, and devoid of other markings on the DW. Female--yellow-white (albinos occasionally occur), with brown margins and other dark markings on the DW. Forewing length: 29-36 mm.

Source

Mamba and Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society

Left to Right: Photos of Chrysalis, Caterpillar, and Caterpillar.

Source

Caterpillars in the Field and Garden by T. J. Allen and J. P. Brock.

Bottom Photos: Courtesy of S. Peregrine Johnson

Cloudless Sulpher on Coral Honeysuckle.

Male Cloudless Sulphur getting water and minerals from the wet ground.

Female Cloudless Sulpher on Plumago Flowers