Subfamily Coliadinae - Sulphurs and Yellows

Classification

Clouded Sulphur - Colias philodice - female

small yellow butterflys mating - Nathalis iole - male - female

Cloudless Sulphur - Phoebis sennae - 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)

Contributed by Cotinis on 22 February, 2006 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Nick Block
Last updated 28 April, 2009 - 10:00am

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