Butterflies Occurring in Putnam County, Tennessee: Sulfurs

    If the common and scientific names below are followed by an asterisk, a photograph of the species is placed after the list; two asterisks indicate two photographs, etc.  All photographs are from sites in Putnam County, Tennessee.

• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) *
• Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) *
• Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia)
• Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) *
• Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) *
• Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) *
• Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) *
  

Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

Adult below, photographed near City Lake 4 August 2007; photo SJS.

Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Adult below, photographed near City Lake 25 August 2002; photo SJS.

Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)

Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Adults (in copulo) below, photographed on Old Mill Rd. 24 October 2012; photo SJS.

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