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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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Tiny yellow butterfly...size was definitely smaller than most of the sulphurs I normally see - Pyrisitia lisa
Copyright © 2019 Rachel Kunc Hall

Tiny yellow butterfly...size was definitely smaller than most of the sulphurs I normally see - Pyrisitia lisa
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
July 23, 2019
Size: 1/2"
I saw this tiny specimen flying around my daylily bed. I could tell at once that it wasn't one of the normal sulphurs I see in my yard. Luckily it was willing to pose on a daylily bud. I am attaching a photo...blurry...but shows the open wing pattern. 78F; cloudy
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Contributed by Rachel Kunc Hall on 26 July, 2019 - 1:16pm
Last updated 27 July, 2019 - 4:55am

Moved to Pyristia lisa
Moved from ID Request.

Little Yellow.
… Ken Allison, 27 July, 2019 - 4:55am login or register to post comments

Little Yellow
Looks like Pyrisitia lisa.
… Ken Allison, 26 July, 2019 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks for the quick responses
I was sure it was a Little Yellow but don't trust myself when trying to id new butterflies.
… Rachel Kunc Hall, 26 July, 2019 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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