Colias erschoffi

Colias erschoffi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tien-Shan.

Colias erschoffi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. erschoffi
Binomial name
Colias erschoffi

Description

Colias erschoffi is a pretty yellow species, in which also the male bears a complete row of submarginal spots, the sexes therefore being very similar; the hindwing is greenish yellow, with sharply defined yellow submarginal band and a large reddish yellow middle spot which has a light centre and is distally produced into a point.

Montane habitat in Kyrgyzstan

Biology

Flies from the middle of May till July and August, at elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet (1,500 to 2,100 m).

References

  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela


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