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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) » Dogfaces (Zerene) » Southern Dogface - Hodges#4224 (Zerene cesonia)
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Butterfly - Zerene cesonia - female
Copyright © 2009 SABeebe

Butterfly - Zerene cesonia - Female
Tucson, pima County, Arizona, USA
October 28, 2009
Southern Dogface?
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Contributed by SABeebe on 2 December, 2009 - 5:34pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 3 December, 2009 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

We all goof sometimes.
This is a beautiful photo of a female.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2009 - 12:59am login or register to post comments

I've been burned on these before...
but what the heck, I'll go out on a limb. I'm going to suggest Orange Sulfur (Colias eurytheme):



Now I'll wait for someone to tell me it's actually a Clouded Sulfur :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 December, 2009 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like a Southern Dogface
The sharp tip if the wings, and the "dogface" outline look just like this one.
… tom murray, 2 December, 2009 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Of course you're right.
That was a definite rush to judgment on my part. (I didn't even notice the photographer's--correct--suggestion!) Epic fail (hangs head in shame).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 December, 2009 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Stiff upper lip, Ken
You've certainly done well with the posts I've followed. Keep at it!
… Ron Hemberger, 2 December, 2009 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
That's right
Ron's right Ken. You should see all the mistakes I've made:-)
… tom murray, 2 December, 2009 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

 
I appreciate the encouragement, Ron & Tom...
but this one's going to stick in my craw for a while. (I don't mind being wrong--that's how you learn--but I really hate being stupid-wrong and careless-wrong. I know better.)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 December, 2009 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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