Colias christina

Christina sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. christina
Binomial name
Colias christina
W.H. Edwards, 1863
Synonyms

Eurymus christina Lyman, 1884

Colias christina, the Christina sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes the Yukon and Northwest Territories south through British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to Wyoming, Montana, and Utah.[1][2]

Description

Colias christina has slight orange-red ground-colour and is conspicuous by the yellow basal part of both wings. The underside has no markings except the median spot. The female is almost white, its forewing with only a little dark dusting at the distal margin and black, white-centred median spot. Wingspan is from 35 to 52 mm.[1]

Biology

Flight period is from May until September.[1]

Larvae feed on Trifolium and Hedysarum spp.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Christina Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 1 2 3 Colias, funet.fi

External links

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