Dark apricot sulphur
Phoebis argante
The dark apricot sulphur is a bright butterfly from Central and South America. The male's wings are a glowing orange, like an apricot, with a thin dark border. The females can be white or yellow.
Lives in
From Mexico to Peru, Brazil and Uruguay, and on Caribbean islands
Wingspan
5.4 to 6.7 cm (2.1 to 2.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, the adult drinks nectar. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of plants of the pea family, like inga and cassia.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 2 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Dark apricot sulphur compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Dark apricot sulphur about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its back wings have two small whitish spots in the middle.
2
It often sits on wet ground with other yellow butterflies to drink water and minerals.
3
Each island in the Caribbean, like Cuba and Jamaica, has its own slightly different kind.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dark apricot sulphur
?What colour is the dark apricot sulphur?
The male is bright orange. The female is white to yellow with dark borders.
?How big is the dark apricot sulphur?
Its wings measure about 54 to 67 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Phoebis argante
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Pieridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Apricot sulphur, Argante giant sulphur
Where the facts come from
- Phoebis argante (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ji-Elle. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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