US 2019 California Dogface Butterfly 70c. Scott. 5346
Series: Butterflies
Stamp details: California Dogface (Zerene eurydice)
Issued date: 27-01-2019 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 70c.
(Non-Machineable º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive
Format: PSA Pane of 20
First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5346
Michel (Germany): 5562
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5184
Dimensions (height x width):
31.5mm x 31.5mm
Designers: Derry Noyes (designer) ; Tom Engeman (artist)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Butterfly, Moth
Total print: 100,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.70 on day of issue.
Stamp details: California Dogface (Zerene eurydice)
Issued date: 27-01-2019 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 70c.
(Non-Machineable º - No Face Value)
Emission: Definitive
Format: PSA Pane of 20
First Day City: Kansas City, Missouri
Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5346
Michel (Germany): 5562
Yvert et Tellier (France): 5184
Dimensions (height x width):
31.5mm x 31.5mm
Designers: Derry Noyes (designer) ; Tom Engeman (artist)
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
Printing Method: Offset, Microprint
Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut
Gum type: Self-Adhesive
Themes: Butterfly, Moth
Total print: 100,000,000 (estimate)
Note: Face value US$0.70 on day of issue.
Description:- Zerene eurydice, the California dogface butterfly, belongs to the family Pieridae and is a sister genus to Colias. The Zerene eurydice and the Colias both share the "characteristic of having yellow-orange and black wing coordination." Additionally the,"Colias and Zerene eurydice males have bright UV patterns on their wings." There are only two species of the Zerene, the Zerene eurydice, and the Zerene cesonia, also known as the Southern dogface. A study that collected mitochondrial DNA from various Colias butterfly species found that Z. eurydice had decreased divergence from the ingroup, highlighting how closely related these two genera are. This species is endemic to California, and is California's state insect. The California dogface butterfly varies in its wing color and pattern.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerene_eurydice
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerene_eurydice