Clouded sulphur -maybe by Richardphotos
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Description
I have tried many times to get a good foto of these elusive butterflies.they never stay in one spot very long.I waited for this one to return while I was hidden behind a gate and luckily it landed very close
Clouded Sulphur
Attributes of Colias philodice
Family: Whites and Sulphurs (Pieridae)
Subfamily: Sulphurs (Coliadinae)
Identification: Upper surface of male wings bright, clear yellow with solid black edging; lower side of forewing with some dark submarginal spots; hindwing with silver cell spot rimmed with orange-pink, usually doubled. Female has 2 forms: yellow form with uneven black edging enclosing yellow spots, and a white form which is greenish-white rather than yellow. Spring and fall forms are smaller and less conspicuously marked.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1418
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Comments (98)
Excellent image and great description. Your patience has paid off.
Very Pretty Flier, and Great Capture for Sure!!!
The hot pink flower and the yellow butterfly,what amazing colors!!!This is a stunning beauty Richard!!:-)
Again a great photo of a lovely creature and a beautiful flower. Exelent.
Your wait paid off Richard because this is a highly impressive capture.
Another fantastic capture well done.
Excellent capture!!
next year i hope to be able to shoot a lot of butterflies, since we planted a butterfly bush in the garden. nice shot, your patience yielded a nice result.
Fantastic macro of great detail and definition my friend....!!! Beautiful colors....!!!
Hi Nice flower and animal. Great job. Anton
Very good!
Superb one beautiful butterfly
that is very pretty butteerfly!!!:)
Another good picture from you erland
Richard I just knew that you sometimes had to hide out to get some of those wonderful shots. So glad to read that is so. You got another great one here. A treasure.
ah you have amazing collection of butterflies ! wow it is special view from summer and so good captured ! super big hug Richard
A fabulous looking flower butterfly portrait! Wonderfully taken!!!
Great plant!!! Nice butterfly, and nice capture!!! And great spirit in trying to find all those nales of butterflies :)))!!! Good luck!:)
I'm still butterflyless. Nice capture my friend. Aloha
it's a wonderful shot Richard...well done
Jolie capture, superbe photo Richard, bravo!!!
Very beautiful,excellent photo.
great shot richard ,patience is a virtue my wife tells me lol :o) mick
this is a beautifull photogragh, I have never seen ( or noticed ) this species of butterfly before, well done
Very pretty capture!
beautiful hot pink flower with the yellow butterfly, amazing colors contrast... fantastic capture....
BRAVO.. RICHARD !!!!
So beautiful Richard..love the butterfly!!
You have the greatest collection of Butterflies here..........bravo
Great details in this lovely macro ;O)