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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 » Queen Alexandra's Sulphur - Hodges#4211 (Colias alexandra)
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sulphur butterfly - Colias alexandra
Copyright © 2018 Donald Lheureux

sulphur butterfly - Colias alexandra
Val Marie, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 10, 2018
Size: 30 to 50 mm
butterfly on grass plant

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sulphur butterfly - Colias alexandra sulphur butterfly - Colias alexandra
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Contributed by Donald Lheureux on 24 June, 2018 - 7:07pm
Last updated 24 June, 2018 - 8:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 24 June, 2018 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
alexandra's sulphur
Thank you. I had considered Alexandra's Sulphur but it didn't quite match with the specimen in my guide book.
… Donald Lheureux, 25 June, 2018 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

 
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to see BugGuide images. Also Butterflies of America has many images.
… Cliff Ivy, 25 June, 2018 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
alexandra's sulphur
Thank you. I had not used BugGuide to research butterflies until very recently.
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