Western Sulphur - Colias occidentalis pseudochristina - Specimen

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FEMALE     MALE     FEMALE EMERGENCE     MALE EMERGENCE      LARVA     PUPA 
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Male - Dorsal
Located by Jack L. Harry, Mt. McKinnon,
Cache-Rich County, Utah
Elevation 9100 feet

Female - Dorsal
 Located by Jack L. Harry, Mt. McKinnon, Cache-Rich County, Utah
Elevation 9100 feet


Male - Ventral
Located by Jack L. Harry, 1.6 miles Sout of East Portal - Strawberry Reservoir,
Wasatch County, Utah  - 17 June 2003 - Elevation 7800 feet



Female - Ventral
Located by Jack L. Harry 2.6 miles North of  Pine, Elmore, Idaho
4 June 2004 - Elevation 4400 Feet



Male - Dorsal
Located by Jack L. Harry, 1.6 miles Sout of East Portal - Strawberry Reservoir,
Wasatch County, Utah  - 17 June 2003 - Elevation 7800 feet
















Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Located females at Strawberry Reservoir June 24, 2008. 
Elevation 7709 feet
Coordinates  North 40.09.85, West 111.11.517



These can feed on Lathyrus Lanswardi,  Thermopsis and Astragalus cicer.  They can't feed on hedysarum.

Host
These can feed on Lathyrus Lanswardi,  Thermopsis and Astragalus cicer.  They can't feed on hedysarum.
To see photos of the host plant used to feed these larvae, click  on
Astragalus cicer 

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