Butterflies of North Carolina

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Common Name	Orange-barred Sulphur by Jeff Pippen => Hidalgo Co., TX 13 Oct 2004 [View PDF] Click to enlarge [Google Images] GBIF [Global Distribution ] BoA [Images ] iNaturalist
Scientific Name	Phoebis philea
	Link to BAMONA species account.
Map	Click on a county for list of all database records for the species in that county.
Distribution	DISTRIBUTION: An accidental migrant only; recorded only in NC from one Mountain county (Watauga) and one along the coast (New Hanover). Resident in some Gulf Coast states, but primarily in FL.
Abundance	ABUNDANCE: Accidental; just two state records.
Flight	FLIGHT PERIOD: The NC records are for September 2 and October 21.
Habitat	HABITAT: Presumably open country such as fields, gardens, etc.
Plants	FOOD AND NECTAR PLANTS: Sennas (Senna spp.) are foodplants. Nectar plants are known for NC.
Comments	COMMENTS: This species is noticeably larger than the Cloudless Sulphur, but the orange color on the wings might be difficult to spot unless the butterflies are perched. SC had its first state records in 1999. A female seen in Sumter in the summer laid eggs, and Evelyn Dabbs photographed all four stages of the life cycle, including adults of the next brood! Dennis Forsythe observed a female in Charleston County on October 18. Brimley (1938) gives the first state record as being a specimen taken at Grandfather Mountain, at 4000 feet, on September 2, 1937. Oddly, this would seem to be about the last place a tropical butterfly species would be found in the state! Finally, a more "typical" report came in 2009, when Derb Carter observed a male in flight and perched at a golf course, along the coast at Wilmington, on October 21.
State Rank	SA
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Global Rank	G5
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Links to other butterfly galleries: [Cook] [Lynch] [Pippen] [Pugh]
	Photo by: Rick Cheicante Comment: 2012-07-27. Monroe Co. FL male Orange-barred Sulphur - Click to enlarge	Photo by: Rick Cheicante Comment: 2012-07-27. Monroe Co. FL male Orange-barred Sulphur - Click to enlarge
	Photo by: Doug Allen Comment: Florida Orange-barred Sulphur - Click to enlarge