Biology:Colias pelidne

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pelidne sulphur
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. pelidne
Binomial name
Colias pelidne
Boisduval & Le Conte, [1829]
Synonyms

Eurymus pelidne Dyar, 1903

Colias pelidne, the pelidne sulphur or blueberry sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes British Columbia across Canada as far east as Newfoundland and south to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.[1]

Flight period is from late June until early August.[1] It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of 6,000–11,500 feet (1,800–3,500 m).[2]

Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.[1][3] Adults feed on flower nectar.[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[3]

  • C. c. pelidne
  • C. p. skinneri Barnes, 1897
  • C. p. minisni Bean, 1895 forma? accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Colias pelidne". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1107472/Colias_pelidne. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2153175 entry