Mimosa Yellow

The Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) is one of many neotropical Coliadinae species. Whites and Sulphurs are small to medium sized butterflies. Their wingspans range from 1 1/8 - 2 inches (2.9 - 5.1 cm). They are more a butterfly of the forest than the similar looking, and more widespread little yellow.

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Large Marble

Scattered white scales in forewing black bar. Black pattern on tip of upperside of forewing. Dense green marbling on underside of hindwing. Males patrol valleys and hillsides for females. Eggs are laid singly on unopened flower buds; caterpillars eat flowers and fruits. The Large Marble is found throughout most of western Canada as far north as treeline. It is absent from the west coast (extinct on southern Vancouver Island) and from the open prairie regions of southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Its range extends eastward into Ontario as far as Manitoulin Island.

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