| Colias aquilonaris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. aquilonaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias aquilonaris Grum-Grshimailo, 1892 [1] | |
Colias aquilonaris is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found only on the Chukchi Peninsula in the Russian Far East and along the valleys of the rivers Olenyok and Yana (north-eastern Siberia). [2]
Upperside of male golden yellow, with black-brown distal margin, the middle spot small, often almost absent, middle spot of hindwing large and red, costa and fringes of forewing rosy red; underside of forewing golden yellow, lighter at the distal margin, dusted with black, the submarginal spots blackish, small or nearly wanting; hindwing ochre-yellow, dusted with blackish, greenish at base, the double middle spot silvery white, broadly edged with reddish brown. The female above shaded with greenish black at the costa and base of forewing, the broad black-brown distal margin bears small sulphur-yellow spots; hindwing darkened, blackish in middle, the sulphur-yellow submarginal spots small, the middle spot large, golden yellow; the underside olive- or ochre-yellow, middle of forewing light golden yellow, the hindwing sparsely dusted with brownish and greenish scaling
The butterfly flies in July.
Subspecies of Colias viluiensis Menetries, 1859 [3]
Colias hyale, the pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, which is found in most of Europe and large parts of the Palearctic. It is a rare migrant to the British Isles and Scandinavia. The adult wingspan is 52–62 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).
Colias berylla, the Everest clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Sikkim (India) and Tibet.
Apatura ilia, the lesser purple emperor, is a species of butterfly native to most of Europe and east across the Palearctic. It is named for its similarity to the purple emperor butterfly.
Colias palaeno, known by the common names moorland clouded yellow, palaeno sulphur, and pale Arctic clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Morpho deidamia, the Deidamia morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Suriname, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. It is a species group, which may be, or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.
Acraea cepheus, the Cepheus acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Nigeria and Angola to Uganda, western Tanzania and Zambia.
Papilio androgeus, the Androgeus swallowtail, queen page, or queen swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Argentina with a small population in southern Florida.
Euphaedra rubrocostata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Euphaedra xypete, the common pink forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and western Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Euphaedra ceres, the Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.
Colias marcopolo, the Marco Polo's colias, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in the Pamir Mountains the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan.
Colias sieversi is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is found in Tajikistan.
Colias alpherakii is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in Central Asia.
Colias viluiensis, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Transbaikalia.
Colias cocandica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Central Asia.
Colias hyperborea is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic.
Colias lesbia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Neotropical realm.
Colias sifanica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm.
Colias regia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic.
Charaxes affinis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
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