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 [1]
Synonyms
  • Colias mongola Alphéraky, 1897
  • Colias cocandica sidonia Weiss, 1968

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

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2] May be a subspecies of Colias nastes [3]

References

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  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.
  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