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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Sulphurs and Yellows (Coliadinae) » Phoebis » Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
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Joy! - Phoebis agarithe - female
Copyright © 2008 Gacko

Joy! - Phoebis agarithe - Female
DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
August 27, 2008
Size: medium-size butterfly

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Joy! - Phoebis agarithe - female Joy! - Phoebis agarithe - female Joy! - Phoebis agarithe - female
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Contributed by Gacko on 27 August, 2008 - 5:22pm
Last updated 29 November, 2009 - 4:19pm

?
If it was an orange giant surely it would be orange? I know of albino females in various colias so maybe theres one here too?

Just had a look and found this:


Apparently there is such thing as a pink-white form in Phoebis agarithe.

Nice find!
… Borealfalcon, 27 August, 2008 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

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