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Texas butterfly - Abaeis nicippe
Copyright © 2021 karen burkhardt

Texas butterfly - Abaeis nicippe
Davis Mountain State Park, Jeff Davis County, Texas, USA
May 27, 2021
Size: 1.5"
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Contributed by karen burkhardt on 6 September, 2021 - 6:06pm
Last updated 7 September, 2021 - 1:52am

Moved
Diagonal line on HW.
Shape of hind wing.
Usually has smudge at mid HW at costa.
Can't see it here, but has a "sleepy eye" black spot on FW.
Usually distinctively fast fliers, hard to follow except when they are taking minerals or taking nectar.
Show a lot of orange in flight.
Fairly medium sized for a sulphur.
Often common to abundant in right habitat.
Compare to Cloudless Sulphur and to Little Yellow in this photo.

Moved from ID Request.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 7 September, 2021 - 1:52am login or register to post comments

 
Texas Butterfly
Thank you, Roy. I thought I posted an open wing image but only this image showed up.
You captured a great image.
… karen burkhardt, 7 September, 2021 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Could be...
Abaeis nicippe - Sleepy Orange, AKA Eurema nicippe
… Kurt Foster, 6 September, 2021 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Texas Butterfly
Yes, correct. Thank you for your help, Kurt
… karen burkhardt, 7 September, 2021 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

Sulphur, maybe Cloudless Sulp
Sulphur, maybe Cloudless Sulphur?
… Silas J. Eckhardt, 6 September, 2021 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

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