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Natural History Photographs
by Cor Zonneveld
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Whites and Yellows: family Pieridae
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subfamily Coliadinae
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Colias australis/hyale
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Torla, Spain; May 1982. Habitat
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Jaca, Spain; May 1982.
Landscape.
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The two species hyale and australis are difficult to tell apart as adults.
The caterpillars differ much more, but this doesn't help much
if you only have a photograph of the adult!
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Colias crocea
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Foothills bordering Göksu delta,
Turkey; 27 May 2008. Male.
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Colias palaeno
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Zermatt, Switzerland; July 1991.
Habitat
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Saas Fee, Switzerland; July 1991.
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Passo de Lucomagno (Tessin), Switzerland; 18 July 2007.
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Colias phicomone
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Jochemspitze, Austria; August 1989.
After some early snow in the first week
of August the weather
became better, but this butterfly was still pretty cool and not too active.
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Gonepteryx rhamni
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Stavelot, Belgium;
16 August 2006. Female
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Kell am See, Germany;
14 July 2008. Male
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Forest bordering Fochteloërveen,
the Netherlands; 22 April 2007.
Aberrant color form of male
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