Colias interior

Pink-edged sulphur
Prince Edward County, Ontario
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. interior
Binomial name
Colias interior
(Scudder, 1862)

Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the Pieridae family.

Description

The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.

Distribution

See range map.

Life cycle

There is one flight between June to August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.

Larval foods

Adult foods

References

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