Colias meadii

Mead's sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. meadii
Binomial name
Colias meadii
W.H. Edwards, 1871
Synonyms
  • Eurymus meadii Dyar, 1903
  • Colias elis Strecker, 1885

Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the USA.[1][2]

Flight period is from July to August.[1]

Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa, and Vicia americana.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 1 2 3 Colias, funet.fi


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