Colias dimera

Dimera sulphur
Dorsal surface (left) and ventral surface (right) of adult male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. dimera
Binomial name
Colias dimera Doubleday, 1847 [1]
Synonyms
C. erythrogrammusKollar, 1850 C. erythrogrammaKollar, 1850 C. dimera ab. semperiStrecker, 1873 C. dimera ab. meridensisNeuburger, 1905 C. dimera mariaeApolinar, 1914 C. dimera var. fassliApolinar, 1914 C. tolimaFassl, 1915 C. dimera f. andromorphaFernández, 1928 C. dimera f. superbaBerger, 1937 C. dimera f. albaBerger, 1937 C. minuscula f. peruviensisDufrane, 1947

Colias dimera, the Dimera sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Tropical Andes subregion of the Neotropical realm (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador). ^[1] The species was first discovered in Colombia. It is the most abundant butterfly in the interior of Ecuador.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm (1.4–1.6 in). ^[2]

References

1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela
2. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)

External links

• Media related to Colias dimera at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Colias dimera at Wikispecies
• Butterflies of America images of types

Colias dimera copulating