Biology:Colias pelidne
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Pelidne sulphur | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. pelidne
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias pelidne Boisduval & Le Conte, [1829]
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Colias pelidne". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1107472/Colias_pelidne.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ 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
- Butterflies of America C. pelidne skinneri images
- Butterflies of America C. pelidne pelidne images
Wikidata ☰ Q2153175 entry
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