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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) » Phoebis » Cloudless Sulphur - Hodges#4228 (Phoebis sennae)
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Phoebis sennae - female
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Goodwin

Phoebis sennae - Female
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
October 19, 2006

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Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 19 October, 2006 - 9:07pm
Last updated 27 November, 2009 - 4:07pm

Cloudless Sulphur
This is a female Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae). I don't think I've ever seen the dorsal view of a living Cloudless Sulphur (for more than a split second) -- cool!
… Will Cook, 19 October, 2006 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I got lucky.
The reason I got this shot is because the butterfly had just emerged from her chrysalis. She wasn't quite ready for flying, so when I gently moved her to the blue container lid, she started slowly flapping her wings. I took the opportunity to snap a dozen or so shots and hoped I got at least one open wing image. It's not perfect by any means, but it at least shows what the butterly looks like with its wings open.
… Aaron Goodwin, 19 October, 2006 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
These are every where outside my house along with about six other species of butterflies and I've never seen the dorsal view for more then one second.
… Brittanie McCormack, 6 May, 2007 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

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