Dainty Sulphur
Nathalis iole
Female #2 Eclosure


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#2 Female emerging
emerging

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Close-up of antennae
antennae

Close-up of abdomen tip
abdomen tip


Close-up taken using a light background
 to show  checkered fringe on female
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Close-up of face and legs

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Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd Stout located female on 14 September 2010 by the Verde River, Cottonwood City, Yavapai County, Arizona, elevation of 3300 feet
Reared and photographed by Nicky Davis.

Ova
4 days
The female oviposited on host plant, Thymophylla pentachaeta/Dyssodia pentachaeta - Fetid Marigold/ Five-needle Prickly-leaf, and on the screen of the container which was set under the dappled sunlight of an Aspen.

Larva
19-22 days

Pupa
7 days - One pupa was formed on a flower stem and one on a calyx.  I put  recycled brown paper towel strips on some flowers.  Some of the larvae used  the paper as the surface to form pupae. The pupae were kept in 24x7 light.  I did not mist these daily because Jack Harry told me that members of the  sub-family Coliadinae preferred a somewhat dry environment in the lab.


Host Plants
Fetid Marigold/Five-needle Prickly-leaf - Thymophylla/Dyssodia pentachaeta

Other host plants listed in Butterflies of America by  James A. Scott are Dyssodia papposa, Bidens pilosa, Helenium autumnale, bigelovii, Cosmas, Palafoxia linearis, Tagetes, Thelesperma trifidum, megapotamicum.


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