#3103 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Clouded Sulphur

Colias philodice

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jeffrey Murphy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Matthias Buck · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jimmy Dee · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Sandrine Corriveau · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Alex Bodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Comté de Lanark, ON, Canada:© Sylvana Beaulieu · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 328 Presqu'Ile Pkwy, Brighton, ON K0K 1H0, Canada:© Heather Pickard · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Drakes Branch, VA, US:© CK2AZ · CC BY 4.0
9. Devon Place, Halton Hills, ON, CA:© bevlynn99 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Randalls Island, New York, NY, USA:© Anya Auerbach · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Colias philodice , the common sulphur or clouded sulphur , is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 48,094iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
48,094 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1819 (207 years ago).