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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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Yellow and Black Butterfly - Colias eurytheme
Copyright © 2012 Johnny55

Yellow and Black Butterfly - Colias eurytheme
Alfred, Alfred, Ontario, Canada
September 2, 2012
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Contributed by Johnny55 on 2 September, 2012 - 2:15pm
Last updated 10 September, 2012 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 10 September, 2012 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Male
Male
… Daniel Mullen, 3 September, 2012 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

ID
Colias eurytheme
… Mike Hofmann, 3 September, 2012 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe. But I'm a moth guy and I don't know that they get that far north. Wait for an expert opinion.
… Randy Hardy, 2 September, 2012 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Sleepy Orange in Canada
I'm sure there are records of sleepy oranges from Canada, as I see them every few years in central Pennsylvania, but it is a very rare vagrant that far north. This one is Colias eurytheme, the orange sulfur...
… Paul Dennehy, 6 September, 2012 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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