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Colias christophi
Colias christophi christophi ♂
Colias christophi christophi ♂ △
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. christophi
Binomial name
Colias christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885
Synonyms
Colias christophi aufderheidei Kotzsch, 1929 Colias christophi heidei Kotzsch, 1929 Colias christophi bang-haasi Bollow, 1930 Colias christophi ab. novosiltzovi Avinoff, 1910 Colias christophi helialaica Schulte, 1988 Colias christophi simplicissima Avinoff, 1910

Colias christophi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Description

Colias christophi has quite an exceptional aspect among Colias, the costal basal area having a peculiar reddish-brown colour, and the submarginal spots of the forewing being extraordinarily large and almost white, forming a continuous band which is traversed by the narrowly black veins. The hindwing is dark, feebly greenish with a white middle spot and a band of white submarginal spots. The underside is grey green, with a black middle spot on the forewing and a white one on the hindwing. The female differs only in the somewhat larger light submarginal spots on both wings.

• Colias christophi ♀
• Colias christophi ♀△

Subspecies

• C. c. christophi Kyrgyzstan
• C. c. kali Korb, 1999 Tajikistan

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Colias christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

External links

• "Colias christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885". Russian-Insects.com.

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