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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) » Abaeis » Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
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Sulphur? - Abaeis nicippe
Copyright © 2009 Elissa Malcohn

Sulphur? - Abaeis nicippe
Beverly Hills, Citrus County, Florida, USA
August 21, 2009
Size: approx. 2 in. wingspan
Photographed in early afternoon. Overexposed here, but the center of the wing has a decidedly pinkish tint.
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Contributed by Elissa Malcohn on 23 August, 2009 - 12:47pm
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 10:23pm

Sleepy Sulphur is correct
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 29 September, 2009 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks to you all for the ID and the confirmation!
… Elissa Malcohn, 29 September, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 18 September, 2009 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

orange
possible Sleepy Orange but there may be other possibilities in S. Fla.
… Ray Simpson, 24 August, 2009 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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