Colias euxanthe

Puna clouded sulphur

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. euxanthe
Binomial name
*Colias euxanthe* C. & R. Felder, 1865^[1]
Synonyms
Scalidoneura hermina Butler, 1871 Colias lesbia f. puna Fruhstorfer, 1907 Colias flaveola ab. saturata Röber, 1909 Colias flaveola ab. alba Röber, 1909 Colias euxanthe ab. dimorpha Hemming, 1925 Colias euxanthe euxanthe f. gynomorpha Berger, 1981 Colias euxanthe euxanthe f. lutea Berger, 1981 Colias euxanthe coeneni Berger, 1983

Colias euxanthe, the Puna clouded sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.^[2] It is found in the Tropical Andes subregion of the Neotropical ecozone (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador).

Subspecies

C. e. euxanthe – [Peru]
C. e. alticola Godman & Salvin, 1891 – [Ecuador]
C. e. hermina (Butler, 1871) – [Peru, Bolivia]
C. e. stuebeli Reissinger, 1972 – [Peru]

C. euxanthe is bottom row, third from right

References

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↑ Colias euxanthe, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Puna Clouded Sulphur, Learn about Butterflies

External links

Butterflies of America type images
NSG and NSG Voucher Images

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