Biology:Colias euxanthe

Short description: Species of butterfly

Puna clouded sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. euxanthe
Binomial name
Colias euxanthe C. & R. Felder, 1865
Synonyms
Scalidoneura hermina Butler, 1871 Colias lesbia f. puna Fruhstorfer, 1907 Colias flaveola ab. saturata Röber, 1909 Colias flaveola ab. alba Röber, 1909 Colias euxanthe ab. dimorpha Hemming, 1925 Colias euxanthe euxanthe f. gynomorpha Berger, 1981 Colias euxanthe euxanthe f. lutea Berger, 1981 Colias euxanthe coeneni Berger, 1983

Colias euxanthe, the Puna clouded sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Tropical Andes subregion of the Neotropical realm (Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador).

Subspecies

• C. e. euxanthe – [Peru]
• C. e. alticola Godman & Salvin, 1891 – [Ecuador]
• C. e. hermina (Butler, 1871) – [Peru, Bolivia]
• C. e. stuebeli Reissinger, 1972 – [Peru]

C. euxanthe is in the bottom row, third from the right

External links

• Butterflies of America type images
• NSG and NSG Voucher Images

Wikidata ☰ Q3136888 entry