Colias erschoffi

Colias erschoffi
Scientific classification
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 Pieridae family. It is found in Tien-Shan.

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.

Colias erschoffi montane habitat in Kyrgyzstan

Biology

Flies from the middle of May till July and August, at elevations of 5000 to 7000 feet.

References

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  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela

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