Colias tamerlana
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. tamerlana |
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| Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 [1] | |
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Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the East Palearctic (western Siberia, northern China and Mongolia).
Description
It is a large and very dark member of the Colias genus.
Biology
The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha
Subspecies
- C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
- C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
- C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia
Taxonomy
It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas[2] but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.[3]
References
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ O. G. Gorbunov , 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564
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