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Orange Sulphur Butterfly (female)

Colias eurytheme

Photo by Marvin Smith
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Field Notes

Description:

Female yellow or white with irregular black border surrounding light spots. Underside hindwing spot silver with 2 concentric dark rings, and a spot above it. (BAMONA - http://bit.ly/qTRZVo)

Habitat:

A wide variety of open sites, especially clover and alfalfa fields, mowed fields, vacant lots, meadows, road edges. (BAMONA)

Notes:

Range: Southern Canada to central Mexico, coast to coast in the United States except for the Florida peninsula. Comments: One of the most widespread and common butterflies in North America. (BAMONA) ... Blog Post: http://bit.ly/nIIfpP

Reference Links:

Species Colias eurytheme - Orange Sulphur - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (2)
Marvin Smith
Carolina: Oops! Sorry I did not notice that mission was only for the NYC area. I've removed it from my missions list.
Carolina
Hi Marvin! Beautiful butterfly :) I see you added to the Great Pollinator Project mission, but unfortunately that mission is only for the NYC area.

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PublishedOctober 19, 2011

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