Biology:Colias occidentalis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Western sulphur
SULPHUR, WESTERN (Colias occidentalis) (6-25-2018) grant co, or -02 (43276773212).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Colias occidentalis
Scudder, 1862
Synonyms

Eurymus occidentalis Dyar, 1903

Colias occidentalis, the western sulphur or golden sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Pacific Northwest and parts of British Columbia.[1]

Flight period is from late May until early July.[1] Its habitats include ocean bluffs, forest openings, mountain slopes, and subalpine meadows.[2]

Wingspan is from 50 millimetres (2.0 in) to 53 millimetres (2.1 in).[1]

Larvae feed on Vicia spp., Lupinus spp., Lathyrus spp., and Thermopsis spp.[1][3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[3]

  • C. o. chrysomelas H. Edwards, 1877 (California, Oregon)
  • C. o. occidentalis (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon)
  • C. o. sullivani Hammond & McCorkle, 2003 (Oregon)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Western Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. "Colias occidentalis". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1126977/Colias_occidentalis. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1849774 entry