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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 » Orange Sulphur - Hodges#4210 (Colias eurytheme)
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Hybrid sulphur? - Colias eurytheme - male
Copyright © 2008 James Bailey

Hybrid sulphur? - Colias eurytheme - Male
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
July 24, 2008
Size: Large for a sulphur.
According to John Acorn's book, hybrid sulphurs are slightly darker philodice with a faint orange patch on each forewing. That seems to fit this odd butterfly.

The tear-drop spot is interesting but perhaps not consequential.

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Hybrid sulphur? - Colias eurytheme - male Hybrid sulphur? - Colias eurytheme - male Hybrid sulphur? - Colias eurytheme - male
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Contributed by James Bailey on 27 August, 2008 - 7:28pm
Last updated 18 October, 2016 - 7:23pm

Moved
Moved from Colias.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 September, 2009 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

two cents worth
To me it looks like a normal C. eurytheme. They often are more yellow than most people allow for. However, I suppose it could be an intermediate.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 August, 2008 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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