Colias erschoffi

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Colias erschoffi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. erschoffi
Binomial name
Colias erschoffi
Alphéraky, 1881 [1]

Colias erschoffi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tien-Shan.

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Description

Colias erschoffi is a pretty yellow species, in which also the male bears a complete row of submarginal spots, the sexes therefore being very similar; the hindwing is greenish yellow, with sharply defined yellow submarginal band and a large reddish yellow middle spot which has a light centre and is distally produced into a point.

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Montane habitat in Kyrgyzstan

Biology

Flies from the middle of May till July and August, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet (1,500 to 2,100 m).

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References

  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela