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 [1] | |
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Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the East Palearctic ( W.Siberia, N. China and Mongolia).
Description
A large and very dark Colias.
Biology
The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha
Subspecies
- C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (E.Issyk Kul)
- C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
- C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 N. Mongolia
Taxonomy
Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2] May be a subspecies of Colias nastes [3]
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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