Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

This guide provides a list of pollinator species found in the Sonoran Desert. We encourage you to look for these species in your own backyards and neighborhoods! Check out the Phoenix Zoo's iNatuarlist blog to learn more about the importance of pollinators in their ecosystems and what actions ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Butterflies Superfamily Papilionoidea
- Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs Family Pieridae
  - 3 Yellows and Sulphurs Subfamily Coliadinae
  - 1 Whites Subfamily Pierinae

Checkered White ¹
Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur ²
Phoebis sennae

Southern Dogface ³
Zerene cesonia

Mexican Yellow ⁴
Eurema mexicana

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Photo Credits

1. (c) Ken Slade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2. (c) Benjamin Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benjamin Schwartz
3. (c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista

Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

Checkered White 1 Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur 2 Phoebis sennae

Southern Dogface 3 Zerene cesonia

Mexican Yellow 4 Eurema mexicana

Checkered White ¹
Pontia protodice

Cloudless Sulphur ²
Phoebis sennae

Southern Dogface ³
Zerene cesonia

Mexican Yellow ⁴
Eurema mexicana