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Orange Sulphur - Hodges#4210 (Colias eurytheme)
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Copyright © 2018
David Illig
Pink-Edged Sulphur? -
Colias eurytheme
Gambrills, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 17, 2018
I think Colias interior, others say no.
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Contributed by
David Illig
on 17 July, 2018 - 8:00pm
Last updated 18 July, 2018 - 11:33am
Orange Sulphur female, white form
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Cliff Ivy
, 18 July, 2018 - 11:33am
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Not a Pink-Edged Sulphur
This is not a Pink-Edged Sulphur (Colias interior). Don't be fooled by the pink edges of the wings - other species have pink edges. Look at the spot on the hind wing. Your butterfly has two spots - a large spot and a smaller spot. Pink-Edged Sulphurs only have a single spot.
I am not great at differentiating Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) from Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodicE), but I believe your butterfly is one of them - I think a female Orange Sulphur.
Bill
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Bill Dempwolf
, 17 July, 2018 - 10:47pm
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Sulphur
Thanks very much, Bill. I have just compared photos of the orange and the clouded on EOL and elsewhere. I can't decide either, so I'll caption it to give viewers a choice. I appreciate your time!
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David Illig
, 17 July, 2018 - 11:59pm
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