Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1415999

Large Orange Sulphur
Phoebis agarithe

Observation date: September 19, 2025
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Reared from egg off dulce tree, Male. Our trees are growing bigger and supporting a nice population.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: October 13, 2025
Coordinator notes: I noticed the Arizona people are still referring to their agarithe populations as the nominate subspecies (agarithe agarithe) may depend on field marks, not necessarily genomics...so I separated my Arizona ones and I am calling them agarithe agarithe as the female coloration is different than the California ones.-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Orange County