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Orange sulfur

Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme) is a species in the family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the orange sulfur

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.17 cm – 6.06 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
All year
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Fabaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the orange sulfur?

ORANGE SULFUR · WINGSPAN 6.06 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.06 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the orange sulfur is about 3.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the orange sulfur live?

Not recorded

Is the orange sulfur endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the orange sulfur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPieridae
  6. genusColias
  7. SpeciesColias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852
Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Alfalfa butterflyEnglish
  • Alfalfa caterpillarEnglish
  • Orange sulphurEnglish
  • Mariposa azufre naranjaSpanish
  • coliade de la luzerneFrench
  • オオアメリカモンキチョウJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the orange sulfur

Other species in the same genus Colias.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the orange sulfur?

An adult orange sulfur has a wingspan of 4.17 cm – 6.06 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the orange sulfur?

The orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme) belongs to the family Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-sulfur

MLA

“Orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-sulfur.

BibTeX
@misc{orange_sulfur_2026,
  title = {Orange sulfur (Colias eurytheme)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-sulfur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}