Portrait of a Western Sulfur butterfly, Colias occidentlis, on a threadleaf ragwort wildflower, on Green Ridge in the Eastern Cascade Mountains near S

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Portrait of a Western Sulfur butterfly, Colias occidentlis, on a threadleaf ragwort wildflower, on Green Ridge in the Eastern Cascade Mountains near Sister's, Oregon.

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Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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