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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) » Pyrisitia » Little Yellow - Hodges#4237 (Pyrisitia lisa)
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Dainty Sulphur - Pyrisitia lisa
Copyright © 2015 Cliff Ivy

Dainty Sulphur - Pyrisitia lisa
Caney Creek, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, USA
July 16, 2015
Apparently a large Dainty Sulphur but lacking large dark spots on forewing. Confirmation needed.

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Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 23 July, 2015 - 9:35am
Last updated 23 July, 2015 - 5:52pm

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… Cliff Ivy, 23 July, 2015 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

maybe Little Yellow?
This looks to me like it might be a Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa). See photos on BOA, especially compare with this one. It seems too large and light to be a Dainty Sulpher. Sleepy Orange might be another possibility, but the shape of the wings, and the shape of the black marking at the FW apex don't seem to fit that species as well as the Little Yellow.
… Josiah Gilbert, 23 July, 2015 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Josiah for the input
My initial thought was Little Yellow but only one black spot rather than two at the base of the hindwing made me question the ID. This specimen appears to be one with a single HW basal spot as well as light in markings.
… Cliff Ivy, 23 July, 2015 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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