Colias christophi | |
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Colias christophi christophi ♂ | |
Colias christophi christophi ♂ △ | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. christophi |
Binomial name | |
Colias christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Colias christophi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Colias christophi has quite an exceptional aspect among Colias, the costal basal area having a peculiar reddish-brown colour, and the submarginal spots of the forewing being extraordinarily large and almost white, forming a continuous band which is traversed by the narrowly black veins. The hindwing is dark, feebly greenish with a white middle spot and a band of white submarginal spots. The underside is grey green, with a black middle spot on the forewing and a white one on the hindwing. The female differs only in the somewhat larger light submarginal spots on both wings.
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 chrysotheme, the lesser clouded yellow, is a small Palearctic butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae.
Colias is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are often called clouded yellows; the North American name "sulphurs" is elsewhere used for Coliadinae in general. The closest living relative is the genus Zerene, which is sometimes included in Colias.
Parnassius cephalus is a high altitude butterfly which is found in Tibet and west China. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The species was first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1891.
Polyommatus eros, the Eros blue or common meadow blue, is a species of blue butterfly found in the Palearctic.
Parnassius nomion, the Nomion Apollo, is a forest steppe butterfly which is found in the Urals, Altai, south Siberia, Amur and the Ussuri region, Mongolia, China and Korea. It is a member of the snow Apollo genus (Parnassius) of the swallowtail family (Papilionidae).
Colias nastes, the Labrador sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the north of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, and the Rocky Mountains, Washington, Montana and on Greenland. In Asia, it is found in the Altai Mountains, the border regions of Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, the Sayan Mountains, the north of Siberia, and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
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 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.
Colias cocandica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Central Asia.
Colias felderi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tibet and China.
Colias heos is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic.
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.
Colias romanovi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm.
Erebia fasciata, the banded alpine, is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of family Nymphalidae. It is found from central Siberia, through Alaska, Yukon, and mainland Northwest Territories and Nunavut to Hudson Bay. It also occurs on Banks Island and Victoria Island.