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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. grumi |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias grumi Alphéraky, 1897 | |
Colias grumi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-western China (described from Nanshan).
Subspecies
All described subspecies may be only ecological variations, and therefore junior synonyms. The taxa C. g. burchana and C. g. evanescens are only provisionally accepted as subspecies
- C. g. grumi
- C. g. aljinshana Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang.
- C. g. dvoraki Kocman, 1994
Description
It is similar to Colias cocandica but is lighter in colour, the hindwing beneath being blue-grey, not greenish.
Taxonomy
Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas
References
- Colias, Site of Markku Savela
- 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 2013-05-17.
External links
- Euroleps includes image
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