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Butterfly - Pyrisitia lisa
Copyright © 2014 Steve Hahus

Butterfly - Pyrisitia lisa
Utica, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
August 4, 2010
Cannot find a match of anything that occurs in my area
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Contributed by Steve Hahus on 5 March, 2014 - 8:09pm
Last updated 6 March, 2014 - 7:49am

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Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… William Edwards, 6 March, 2014 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Looks like a Little Yellow female.
Some females of Little Yellow Sulphurs can be light to all white or only white dorsal.
… Cliff Ivy, 5 March, 2014 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Pieridae
Interesting!
I almost think it is a white form of one of the sulfurs/yellows, instead of one of the whites.
The forewings are very rounded, maybe something in the Genus Eurema, but it appears Eurema is revised into several Genus here (Eurema, Pyrisitia, Abaeis).

Wish we had picture of underside!

I am not sure of species, another would need to confirm.
… Jeff Brown, 5 March, 2014 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Was using the Jeffrey Glassbe
Was using the Jeffrey Glassberg's Butterflies through Binoculars (eastern North America)
… Steve Hahus, 5 March, 2014 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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