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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) » Dogfaces (Zerene) » California Dogface - Hodges#4225 (Zerene eurydice)
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California Dogface Butterfly, Colias eurydice - Zerene eurydice - male
Copyright © 2007 Peter Bryant

California Dogface Butterfly, Colias eurydice - Zerene eurydice - Male
Silverado Canyon, Orange County, California, USA
Official State Butterfly of California

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California Dogface Butterfly, Colias eurydice - Zerene eurydice - male California Dogface Butterfly, Colias eurydice - Zerene eurydice - male
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 18 August, 2007 - 9:00am
Last updated 19 August, 2007 - 11:40am

California Dogface
It is rare to catch this one with it wings open. You just happened to get a great photo with excellent color and lighting. Worth framing. I have to agree with all the previous comments posted. Wow!
… Patrick Crone, 6 June, 2009 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Wow!
Almost makes me want to move to California! What a great shot of a very distinctive Butterfly!
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 18 August, 2007 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

You are
The man on this shot. Very fine.
… Herschel Raney, 18 August, 2007 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Bravo!
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… Ron Hemberger, 18 August, 2007 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

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