Colias cocandica

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Colias cocandica
Colias cocandica culminicola male Syntype 01 dorsal side ZSM.jpg
Male
Colias cocandica culminicola female Syntype 01 dorsal side ZSM.jpg
Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. cocandica
Binomial name
Colias cocandica
Erschoff, 1874 [1]
Synonyms
  • Colias cocandica mracekiVerhulst, 1999
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. aurantiacomaculataO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. aurantiacopunctataVerity, [1909]
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. brunneo-viridisO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. circumiensO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica ab. ♀ galbaGrum-Grshimailo, 1893
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. griseoviridisO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias eogene ab. hybridaGrum-Grshimailo, 1893
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. immaculataO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. impunctataO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. integraVerity, 1911
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. melaniticaO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. minorO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. pupillataStauder, 1924
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. radiataO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. tataricaO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. viridisO. Bang-Haas, 1915
  • Colias cocandica cocandica f. xanthaKotzsch, 1936
  • Colias cocandica hinducucica f. culminicolaKotzsch, 1936
  • Colias cocandica maja f. obscuraAustaut, 1898

Colias cocandica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Central Asia.

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Description

In the male greenish yellow above, dark-scaled, with black marginal and submarginal bands, and black middle spot on the forewing, the fringes and antenna being reddish. The underside of the forewing is greyish yellow, the apex being dusted with yellow, the middle spot and the small submarginal spots being black, and the costal and distal edges red; hindwing dark yellowish green, with broad yellowish distal margin, the reddish-edged middle spot being mother-of-pearl colour and the edge of the entire wing red. The female is dark yellowish white above, being paler beneath than the male and bearing stronger markings.

Subspecies

References

  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela