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Sep 11, 2015 12:31 PM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
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Phoebis agarithe maxima fits well, there is variation but the top photo is much the same as yours. Males and females often differ as you will know.

Florida
Type locality: USA (Fl)

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Phoebis agarithe agarithe is also a contender, both being subspecies of the same species.

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Type locality: Mexico:

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Location is often the clue as to which subspecies it is.

It pays to check other Phoebis species for locality using 'find on this page' to search for Mexico.

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Phoebis agarithe fisheri looks similar ..

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Whichever, it looks like Phoebis agarithe.

I found a pdf, 4th link (that changes), "Butterflies of the state of Colima, Mexico - Yale University" but it's not opening for me. Phoebis agarithe agarithe is in the link,

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

I found you can get the article via the arrow at the end of the web address, a cached version.

The google link doesn't always work, sometimes it will if refreshed. Search for "Phoebis agarithe agarithe Colima, Mexico"
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