Genus Colias

Classification

Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme - male

Mixed Marriages - Colias - male - female

Clouded Sulphur - Colias philodice - male

mating pair sulphur butterflies? - Colias philodice

Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme - female

Mating Orange Sulphurs - Colias eurytheme - male - female

Pink-edged sulphur- white form - Colias interior - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)

Subfamily Coliadinae (Sulphurs and Yellows)

Genus Colias

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 9 April, 2004 - 4:40pm

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