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title: "Dainty Sulphur"
description: "Nathalis iole — Insects & spiders. Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dainty-sulphur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dainty Sulphur

> Nathalis iole — Insects & spiders. Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Nathalis iole*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 29602
- Wikidata: [Q1977793](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1977793)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51773](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51773)

## Names

- en: Dainty Sulphur
- es: Mariposa azufre elegante

## Countries with the most observations

US (25355), MX (3414), CA (25), GT (19), CU (13), HN (13), CO (11), NI (7), SV (6), BS (3)

## Summary

Nathalis iole, the dainty sulphur or dwarf yellow, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalis_iole

## Photo

![Dainty Sulphur](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dainty-sulphur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2301748

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dainty-sulphur?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).