Colias tamerlana

Colias tamerlana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. tamerlana
Binomial name
	Colias tamerlana; Staudinger, 1897
Synonyms
	Colias mongolaAlphéraky, 1897; Colias cocandica sidoniaWeiss, 1968;

Last updated December 06, 2025

Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (western Siberia, northern China, and Mongolia).

Description

It is a large and very dark member of the genus Colias.

Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies

C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
C. t. mongolaAlphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
C. t. sidoniaWeiss, 1968 northern Mongolia

Taxonomy

It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas^[2] but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes .^[3]

References

↑ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft . 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ O. G. Gorbunov , 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564

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[funet-1] Colias, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft . 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

[3] O. G. Gorbunov , 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564

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