Clouded Sulphur- Specimen - Colias philodice vitabunda

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MALE EMERGENCE     IMMATURES

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Specimen
 
Male located 28 June 1991- mile marker 305 Dalton Highway, Slope Mountain Camp, Alaska, elevation 1550 feet
28 June 1991 mm305 Dalton HW, Slope Mountain Camp, Alaska, elevation 1550 feet
Female located 3 July 1991 at mile marker 323 Dalton Highway, 90 miles south of Deadhorse, Alaska, 1200 elevation
White form female located 3 july 1991, mm 323 Dalton Highway

Male located 3 July 1991 at mile marker 323 Dalton Highway, 90 miles south of Deadhorse, Alaska, 1200 elevation
male from mm 323 Dalton HW, Alaska 3jul91

Female located 3 July 1991 at mile marker 323 Dalton Highway, 90 miles south of Deadhorse, Alaska, 1200 elevation
Female ventral_mm323 Dalton HW, Alaska, 1200 elevation




Male dorsal - Extracted by Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska
Male dorsal view of C. philodice vitabunda


Male ventral -
Extracted by Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska
Male ventral view - Colias philodice vitabunda

Female dorsal - White Form -
Extracted by Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska
Female dorsal view - Colias philodice vitabunda

Female ventral view  - White Form -
Extracted by Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska - 17 June 2005
Female ventral view - Colias philodice vitabunda

Female Dorsal - Yellow Form - Extracted from Northway, East Central Alaska, 17 June 2005 by Jack L. Harry



Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
From the Jack Harry Collection
1 thru 4 photos from the Jack Harry collection- located in Alaska 1991

5 thru 8 -yellow form male and  White Form Female- Extracted from Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska,
9.  Yellow form - Extracted from Northway, East Central Alaska, 17 June 2005 by Jack L. Harry

Specimen Photos
Male and female dorsal and ventral views from the Jack Harry Collection
1. Male dorsal, 2. Male ventral, 3. Female dorsal, 4. Female ventral, 5.  Female Dorsal - Yellow Form - f32
1 thru 4 - Canon 20D , 100mm lens, ISO 200  F16, Flash +2/3, 5. 
Canon 20D , 100mm lens,, ISO 800, F32, flash +2/3


Flight:  June /July

Host Plant:  Hedysarum mackenziei, a sweet pea and rather common from Salt Lake Valley north.

Other
Extracted by Jack Harry on the north slope of Alaska

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