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Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice

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Field Notes

Description:

Common butterfly, but difficult to get a picture of because it is fast and flits from place to place. Family Pieridae.

Habitat:

Pasture.

Species ID Suggestions

Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice

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Fyn Kynd
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Comments (3)
Fyn Kynd
How did you come of this ID? Colias austrlis (now C. sareptensis) is a butterfly of South and Central Europe, this is a Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice).

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PublishedAugust 27, 2013

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