Orange Sulphur
Colias eurytheme
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Colias