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• The butterflies:
• Whites and Sulphurs
  • Whites
  • Sulphurs
• Sulphurs
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Pink-edged Sulphur
  • Southern Dogface
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Orange-barred Sulphur
  • Large Orange Sulphur
  • Mexican Yellow
  • Little Yellow
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Dainty Sulphur

Pink-edged Sulphur

(Colias interior)

Pink-edged Sulphurs are northern butterflies that are much more at home in the woods than their relatives, Orange and Common Sulphurs, that prefer more open areas. This species has but a single brood and may be found from early June through August. Its chief larval foods are blueberries.

Identifying characteristics: Above, the wings are yellow with black marginal borders. The males have a solid black border and look very much like the Common Sulphur, while the females have a much-reduced border on the front wing and a no border on the hind wing. Below the wings are a yellowish color and a single central spot.

Similar species: Clouded Sulphur males are very similar, but below the Pink-edged Sulphurs lack the faint row of black marginal spots and they have just a single central spot.

Recent Pink-edged Sulphur Sightings

Date seen	County	Reported by
08–30–2008	Iron	Ryan Brady

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