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[TILS] A nice female Colias eriphyle

Norbert Kondla
 

I neglected to mention a couple of additional identifications;
In the previous century some people considered these critters to be subspecies of the palearctic butterfly
Colias chrysotheme. 
And no doubt some would call this female a hybrid.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 7:55 AM Norbert Kondla via groups.io <nkondla=telus.net@groups.io> wrote:
Here is a nice female eriphyle specimen from Mount Cole, British Columbia:
The color is atypical. Here are some ways that different people would identify this butterfly:
Colias eriphyle
Colias philodice eriphyle
Colias eurytheme
not even a species or subspecies; it is just a species in statu nascendi, aka semi-species, aka incipient species

--
Norbert Kondla
Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (elevation 1060 metres asl)



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Norbert Kondla
Calgary, Alberta, Canada  (elevation 1060 metres asl)

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