Can u identify this butterfly please?

lifelover1972

16 years ago

Does anyone know what this is?

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mechelle_m
16 years ago
That looks like a cloudless sulphur to me. It definitely is in the sulphur family, though. Their host plants are sennas.
emmayct
16 years ago
Where are you located?

Judging from your Zone 5, IMHO it's a clouded sulphur. Dontcha just love the greeen eyes?

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caterwallin
16 years ago
This brings up a question that I have now. How do you tell a clouded from a cloudless?
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dog_wonder
16 years ago
It is a cloudED sulfur. The clouded sulfur has black edging on the dorsal side of its wings and is smaller than the cloudLESS. You can almost see the black edging on its forewings through the underside in your pic.
lifelover1972
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks so much for the answers! I'm quite new to this so I wasn't sure. Thanks again!

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