Phoebis avellaneda, the red-splashed sulphur or also known as the orange-washed sulphur, is a large, striking yellow butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is an endemic species found only in Cuba.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Phoebis |
| Species: | P. avellaneda
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| Phoebis avellaneda (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
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P. avellanada was named to honour the Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. The insect is rare in collections. The butterfly is depicted on two Cuban postage stamps; issues of 1982 20c and 1984 1c.
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