Colias fieldii

Colias fieldii
Ménétries original illustration (number 5)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. fieldii
Binomial name
Colias fieldii
Ménétriés, 1855[1]

Colias fieldii is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in southern Iran, India, southern China, Indochina, and Ussuri.

Biology

The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2]

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.


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