#3146 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dainty Sulphur

Nathalis iole

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Eliot VanOtteren · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Peggy Rudman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © mkt47 · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © George Keller · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Guanajuato, Gto., México:© Art Mur · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA, USA:© Luann Wright · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Manaure, Cesar, Colombia:© Lepidoptera Colombiana 🇨🇴 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. NW 192nd Terr, Miami Gardens, FL, US:© GEN2050 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6960–7030 Utah Trl, Twentynine Palms, CA, US:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Nathalis iole , the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow , is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,398iNaturalist 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.
30,398 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836 (190 years ago).