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(Colias philodice/eurytheme)
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| Clouded/Orange Sulphur (white form) (Colias philodice/eurytheme) |
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The Sulphurs can also have white forms - such as this Clouded / Orange Sulphur . Orange Sulphurs are abundant throughout Ontario and eastern North America during spring, summer and even into late fall. The Orange Sulphur (also called Alfalfa because of its major food source) can be distinguished from Clouded Sulphurs by having considerably more orange colour, noticable even in flight. Note: Clouded and Orange Sulphurs hybridize, thus causing some difficulty in conclusive identification.
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| Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) |
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The Common Buckeye is a spectacular medium sized butterfly, often found in sandy areas. This past year (1999) has been a good year for them in southern Ontario, butterfly watchers were likely to find them if they were in the appropriate habitat.
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| Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) |
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The Spicebush Swallowtail is a rare butterfly in Ontario. Jim Fairchild was very lucky to have captured this image of one. Other butterfly watchers that were with Jim at the time only managed to see this beautiful butterfly fly by. Some times you get lucky! The Spicebush Swallowtail can be found in the Point Pelee area in spring and late summer. If your are lucky, you may be able to find one elsewhere in SW Ontario. This swallowtail lacks yellow/orange cell spot in HW undeside. Male has large whitish marginal chevron shaped spots, female has greenish ones.
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| Black Swallowtail (Papilio polzxenes) |
| The Black Swallowtail (also pictured in Gallery #J1) is a treat to see flying or perched while nectaring on a variety if flowers. The underside view is shown here to demonstrate the beauty of this relatively common butterfly. |
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This page was created: Saturday, 13 November, 1999
Last Updated: 08:49:01 PM 06/24/00