Sulfur Butterflies
Belongs to the  Pieridae family same as the cabbage butterfly.

Orange Sulfur
Colias eurytheme.

Female, white form.  Feeding  on the nectar of the red clover flower.


Wing span: 1 3/8 - 2 3/4 inches (3.5 - 7 cm).

Identification: Quite variable. Upperside of male yellow with orange overlay, yellow veins, wide black border, and dark black cell spot. Female yellow or white with irregular black border surrounding light spots. Underside hindwing spot silver with 2 concentric dark rings, and a spot above it.

Male, Orange Sulfur Butterfly feeding on the nectar of the butterfly bush flower.