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Noun: sulphur butterfly
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: sulfur butterfly)
  1. Any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
    "Sulphur butterflies add a bright splash of colour to summer fields"; "sulphur butterflies add a bright splash of colour to summer fields";
    - sulfur butterfly [N. Amer]

Derived forms: sulphur butterflies

Type of: butterfly

Part of: family Pieridae, Pieridae

Encyclopedia: Sulphur butterfly