Colias erschoffi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. erschoffi
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Colias erschoffi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tien-Shan.
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[]
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Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1881
- Colias
- Butterflies of Asia
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