Lou FCD
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| Quote (Erasmus @ FCD,Sep. 09 2009,11:45) | lou it's probably a Pierid if that helps.
i think i spelled that right.
that narrows it down to about 10 billion |
Actually, that helped a lot, 'Ras, as there are only 1100 species in the Pieridae family according to Wikipedia. In any event, that narrowed it down greatly, and I think I've got it down to two.
It looks to me like an Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) or a Clouded Sulphur (C. philodice), or something closely related. There seems to be great skepticism of the Cloudeds being extant on the coast, so it's probably an Orange if it's either of those. It looks more like the Clouded to me, but I'm not a lepidopterist, so...
I sent an email off to my state butterfly guy from butterfliesandmoths.org, asking if he might take a look. I'll let you know if/when I hear something back.
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