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Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 866, February 888, March 1,406, April 2,752, May 5,286, June 2,478, July 1,865, August 1,687, September 1,789, October 1,630, November 908, December 810.
United States54,091
Canada18,828
Ontario10,921
Alaska5,312
British Columbia2,499
Ohio2,260
Alberta2,090
Nunavut1,957
New York1,478
Vermont1,392

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusClouded Yellows · Colias

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