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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The Mead's Sulphur (Colias meadii) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the USA.[1][2]
Flight period is from July to August.[1]
Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.[1]
Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa, and Vicia americana.[1][2]
Listed alphabetically.[2]