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title: "Mariposa azufre naranja"
description: "Colias eurytheme — Insectos y arañas. Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of \"clouded yellows and sulphurs\" subfamily Coliadinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/orange-sulphur
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mariposa azufre naranja

> Colias eurytheme — Insectos y arañas. Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae.

- Scientific name: *Colias eurytheme*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos), `farm` (Granja)
- iNaturalist observations: 70359
- Wikidata: [Q1944775](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1944775)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58532](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58532)

## Names

- en: Orange Sulphur
- es: Mariposa azufre naranja
- fr: Coliade de la luzerne

## Countries with the most observations

US (51790), CA (3713), MX (1323)

## Summary

Colias eurytheme, the orange sulphur, also known as the alfalfa butterfly and in its larval stage as the alfalfa caterpillar, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, where it belongs to the lowland group of "clouded yellows and sulphurs" subfamily Coliadinae. It is found throughout North America from southern Canada to Mexico.
Other members of this lineage including the common or clouded sulphur (C. philodice) and C. eriphyle and C. vitabunda, which are often included in C. philodice as subspecies. Hybridization runs rampant between these, making phylogenetic analyses exclusively utilizing one type of data (especially…

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

## Photo

![Mariposa azufre naranja](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-sulphur/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58532

## Machine access

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