Biology:Colias gigantea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Giant (northern) sulphur | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias gigantea Strecker, 1900
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Colias gigantea, the giant sulphur or giant northern sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes Alaska across Canada to the east coast and Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon.[1]
Flight period is from June until early August.[1] It inhabits tundra and willow bogs.[2]
Wingspan is from 37 to 55 millimetres (1.5 to 2.2 in).[1]
Larvae feed on Salix spp.[1][3] Adults feed on flower nectar.[2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[3]
- C. g. gigantea (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Yukon, Northwest Territories)
- C. g. harroweri Klots, 1940 (Wyoming, Montana, Oregon)
- C. g. mayi F. & R. Chermock, 1940
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Giant Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Colias gigantea". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109716/Colias_gigantea.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q2750255 entry
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