| Pelidne sulphur | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. pelidne
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias pelidne | |
| 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.
Flight period is from late June until early August. It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of 6,000–11,500 feet (1,800–3,500 m).
Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.
Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa. Adults feed on flower nectar.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.
- C. c. pelidne
- C. p. skinneri Barnes, 1897
- C. p. minisni Bean, 1895 forma? accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas
References
- ^ a b c d Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b "Colias pelidne". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
External links
- Butterflies of America C. pelidne skinneri images
- Butterflies of America C. pelidne pelidne images
