Monday, November 30, 2009

Another butterfly

I've been trying to photograph this butterfly for a while now--finally got it on Wednesday at work:


I didn't get any shots of his wings open, but they're very bright orange. The undersides are more yellow, as seen in the photos. Any ID help?

4 comments:

John B. said...

Looks like a Sulphur, but I'm sure which species. Orange Sulphurs and Clouded Sulphurs are both pretty common in NJ. Not sure about TX.

Anonymous said...

Hi, though I have never seen one
in nature (only in collections &
literature) it sure looks like a
Sleepy Orange (Eurema niccepe) to
me.I only used Kaufman's Butterfly
Guide for this. There is a great
LepServ for Texas; see:
Birdingonthe.net; Under Mailing Lists click Regional/Specialty,
scroll all the way to the bottom
to find Butterflies,Bugs; then
click on Texas Leps. I am sure
you could find many helpers who
could help with hard to ID leps.
Hope this has been of some help,
and I am willing to try to offer
any help I can.
Hap in New Hope

Anonymous said...

Sorry, that should have been
Eurema nicippe (don't get into
many Latin spelling-bees).
Hap in New Hope

dguzman said...

John--I remember seeing some Clouded Sulphurs in PA, but this guy wasn't just yellow; he was a bright orange--very noticeable, and different from anything I saw up north. Hmmm.....

Ah, HAP! Thanks for your comments. I'll check those links. Thanks!