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Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme
Copyright © 2007 Ted Kropiewnicki

Orange Sulphur - Colias eurytheme
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
September 3, 2006
On Showy Stonecrop (Hylotelephium spectabile).
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 16 September, 2007 - 5:15pm
Last updated 31 August, 2013 - 9:36pm

Orange Sulphur
Looks like an Orange Sulphur -- you can see orange clearly showing through from the upper surface of the forewing.
… Will Cook, 16 September, 2007 - 9:33pm

 
Orange Sulphur
Thanks for pointing out the orange on FW.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 16 September, 2007 - 10:10pm

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