| Mead's sulphur | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. meadii |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias meadii W.H. Edwards, 1871 | |
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Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. [1] [2]
Flight period is from July to August. [1] It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines. [3]
Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm. [1]
Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus , Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana . [1] [2] Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters. [3]
