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A_Alfalfa-Clouded Common Name:
CloudedSulfur/Alfalfa/Orange Sulfur
 
 
Scientific Name: Colias eurytheme/philodice

 

Habitat & Flight Period: Open Fields, Roadsides, Meadows,Weedy Areas / April-November

 

Comment: A very common butterfly. Females may be white instead of yellow. The Alfalfa (a.k.a. Orange Sulfur) and the Clouded Sulfur interbreed creating hybrids of intermediate colors. Thus, these species are often indistinguishable from eachother.