Biology:Colias scudderii
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Willow 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. scudderii
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias scudderii Reakirt, 1865[2]
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Colias scudderii, the willow sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Alaska south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico. The habitat consists of mountain meadows and willow bogs.[3]
The wingspan is 38–51 mm (1.5–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from June to August. They feed on flower nectar.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species (including Salix reticulata, Salix lutea and Salix planifolia). Second, third, and fourth instar larvae hibernate.[3]
Subspecies
- Colias scudderii scudderii (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming)
- Colias scudderii ruckesi Klots, 1937 (New Mexico)
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colias scudderii. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Colias scudderii |
- ↑ "Colias scudderii". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108384/Colias_scudderii.
- ↑ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Butterflies and Moths of North America
Wikidata ☰ Q2349862 entry
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