Colias gigantea

Giant (northern) sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. gigantea
Binomial name
	Colias gigantea; Strecker, 1900

Colias gigantea, the giant sulphur or giant northern sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes Alaska across Canada to the east coast and Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon.^[1]

Flight period is from June until early August.^[1]

Wingspan is from 37 to 55 millimetres (1.5 to 2.2 in).^[1]

Larvae feed on Salix spp.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies[]

Listed alphabetically.^[2]

C. g. gigantea (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Yukon, Northwest Territories)
C. g. harroweri Klots, 1940 (Wyoming, Montana, Oregon)
C. g. mayi F. & R. Chermock, 1940

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Giant Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
^ ^a ^b Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links[]

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[CBIF-1] Giant Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada

[funet-2] Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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