Biology:Colias interior

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pink-edged sulphur
Pink-edged Sulphur, PE County.jpg
Prince Edward County, Ontario
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. interior
Binomial name
Colias interior
(Scudder, 1862)
C. interior map.jpeg

Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is the State Butterfly of Maine.

Description

The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.

Distribution

See range map.

Life cycle

There is one flight between June and August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.

Larval foods

Adult foods

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1312623 entry