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Clouded Sulphur
Butterfly - Colias philodice and Lyside Sulphur Butterfly - Kricogonia
lyside
Superfamily: Papilionoidea / Family: Pieridae - Whites and Sulphurs /
Subfamily: Coliadinae - Sulphurs
Live adult Clouded Sulphur butterflies photographed at Winfield IL USA.
Live adult
Lyside Sulphur butterfly photographed at Corpus Christi, TX, USA, © Andrew Willias. Photo used with permission.
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Common, or Clouded Sulphur Butterfly |
The
Common Sulphur Butterfly is popularly known as the Clouded Sulphur.
These butterflies are known to hybridize with the Orange Sulphur, and
specimens are very difficult to tell apart in the field. The Northern
Illinois Butterfly Monitor Network treats these as one species for
counting purposes.
Habitat: Meadows and fields; almost any
open spaces, parks and pastures. Flight: Several broods March to
December in south.
Range: North America except most of
Florida. Life Cycle: Eggs are chartreuse, laid singly on various
legumes, especially
clovers (Trifolium). Caterpillar bright
green with darker stripe on back, lighter green stripe on side. Green
chrysalis overwinters. These butterflies are some of the most abundant
here in the American midwest. Sometimes they easily outnumber even the
Cabbage White
Butterfly.
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Lyside Sulphur - Kricogonia lyside |
Lyside Sulphur Life
Cycle: Caterpillar to 3/4", dull green with silvery or black stripes
edged in brown. Chrysalis bluish gray with white bloom. Host plant in
Texas: lignumvitae (Porliere angustifolia). Flight: Summer
months.
Habitat: Arid plains and open spaces, anywhere host
plants occur. Apparently strays widely, into Florida and Midwest.
Range:
Tropical America, resident in Texas and southern Arizona |
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