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Colias felderi

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Species of butterfly

Colias felderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. felderi
Binomial name
Colias felderi
Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Colias felderi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tibet and China.

Description

Colias felderi is light orange red with a black margin, which is traversed by the yellow veins at the apex of the wing, and with a black middle spot. The hindwing has a yellowish band before the black distal margin. The underside, which has nothing distinctive, is without submarginal spots.

Taxonomy

Originally described as Colias species felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 "in regione Amdo dicta, in montibus ad Sinin". It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas.

Etymology

The name honours Rudolf Felder.

References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  • Grieshuber, J., Churkin, S., Worthy, B. & Lvovsky, A., (2004). The types of Colias felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891, Colias lada Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 and Colias sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891, with additional notes on the types of Colias diva Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).Helios V: 10-24, pl. 1, figs. 1-7.
Taxon identifiers
Colias felderi


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