Biology:Colias montium

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Colias montium
Colias montium in Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. montium
Binomial name
Colias montium
Oberthür, 1886 [1]

Colias montium is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (Tibet and China).

Description

The male is yellow above, the inner portion of the forewing not being darkened and the yellow submarginal spots being rather sharply defined. The underside, especially of the forewing, is more yellow, the hindwing, moreover bearing, yolk-coloured subapical spots and posteriorly black submarginal ones. The female is lighter above, the hindwing is darker proximally, and the light distal margin contrasts with the disc.

Subspecies

  • C. m. montium Tibet, Sichuan
  • C. m. viridis O. Bang-Haas, 1915 Qinghai
  • C. m. longto Evans, 1924 S. Tibet
  • C. m. fasciata Kocman, 1999 Qinghai

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2]

References

  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)". Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 97: 131–171. http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/entomologia/entomologia/grieshuber_2007-Colias.pdf. Retrieved 2013-05-18. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2198364 entry