D. pexippus

The Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection

Urania sloanus

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Box: 2 Cork: 29

Pieridae  Colias philodice Godart [white form female] [det. D.F. Schweitzer]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: Pennsylvania: vic. Philadelphia, 1833 [leg. T.R. Peale]
Peale's Identification: [Unknown]
Measurements: FWL = 26.3 mm Comments: [1833][More likely to be C. philodice than C. eurytheme given the date of collection. White females of these species cannot always be distinguished]

Specimen 29 in Peale Box 2,
Box 2 data: "Pennsylvania Diurn:; 2; Vanessa. Pieris & c." Collected in the vicinity of Philadelphia by T.R. Peale 1833. Mounted: 1833

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