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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Sulphurs and Yellows (Coliadinae) » Colias » Orange Sulphur - Hodges#4210 (Colias eurytheme)
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Clouded (?) Sulphur 809 - Colias eurytheme - male
Copyright © 2011 Marty R.

Clouded (?) Sulphur 809 - Colias eurytheme - Male
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
August 2, 2011
I was confident of my self-identification of Clouded until I read Kelly's and Corey's comments in this thread:

Narrowness of borders, submarginal spots, angular wings, darkness of scaling, darkness of overall yellow, smoothness of look, etc.

Mind-boggling redefined!! And I thought skippers were tough.

I see -0- light at the end of the tunnel until and if these are combined into one species. LOL
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Contributed by Marty R. on 9 August, 2011 - 11:44pm
Last updated 6 September, 2011 - 3:54pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 6 September, 2011 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2011 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an Orange Sulphur to me
The dark border showing through from above is a tad narrow for an Orange, but it's a tad wide for a Clouded, so it's not as useful on this one as it often is; however, everything else about it looks like an Orange Sulphur (or Alfalfa Butterfly) - Colias eurytheme.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 August, 2011 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

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