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Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (female)

Phoebis sennae

Photo by gatorfellows
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Upper surface of male is lemon yellow with no markings. Female is yellow or white; outer edges of both wings with irregular black borders; upper forewing with dark spot in cell. Lower surface of hindwing of both sexes with 2 pink-edged silver spots. Wing Span: 2 1/4 - 3 1/8 inches (5.7 - 8 cm).

Habitat:

This tattered female is on a Turk's cap bloom.

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Comments (2)

Sorry meesha. This one flew off over the fence too fast for another photo. :(
its really beautifull...don't you have more pics of it???

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