Colias thisoa
| Colias thisoa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. thisoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias thisoa Ménétriés, 1832[1] | |
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Colias thisoa is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, central Asia, southern Siberia, Turkey and Iran. The habitat consists of humid mountain meadows in the forest belt.[2]
Illustration of males and females of ssp. thisoa and aeolides
The larvae feed on Astragalus species.[1]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Colias thisoa thisoa (Caucasus Major)
- Colias thisoa strandiana Sheljuzhko, 1935 (Caucasus Minor, Armenian Highland)
- Colias thisoa shakuhensis Sheljuzhko, 1935 (Talysh, Kopet-Dagh)
- Colias thisoa aeolides Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 (northern and Inner Tian-Shan, Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai)
- Colias thisoa urumtsiensis Verity, 1909 (central Tian-Shan)
- Colias thisoa irtyschensis Lukhtanov, 1999 (south-western Altai)
- Colias thisoa nikolaevi Korshunov, 1998 (Alai, Kurai, Tyurguno Steppe)
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