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small yellow butterflys mating - Nathalis iole - male - female
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

small yellow butterflys mating - Nathalis iole - Male Female
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
September 24, 2005
I did not realize that the second butterfly was there untill I saw it on the monitor, I thought it was part of the plant.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 30 September, 2005 - 9:02pm
Last updated 5 October, 2005 - 5:18pm

Dainty Sulphur?
All the field mark aren't visable, but it looks like a Dainty Sulphur to me with the white patch in the fore wing and that cloudy appearance.
… tom murray, 1 October, 2005 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

 
Dainty sulphur
Thanks Tom
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 1 October, 2005 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

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