Colias interior
Pink-edged sulphur | |
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Prince Edward County, Ontario | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. interior
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Binomial name | |
Colias interior (Scudder, 1862)
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Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.
Description[]
The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.
Distribution[]
See range map.
Life cycle[]
There is one flight between June to August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.
Larval foods[]
Adult foods[]
- Aralia hispida
- Pilosella aurantiaca
References[]
Wikispecies has information related to Colias interior. |
- Darby, Gene (1958). What is a Butterfly. Chicago: Benefic Press. p. 37.
- "Butterflies and Moths of North America (Pink-edged Sulphur)". Montana State University. Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- Pink-edged Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
Categories:
- Butterflies of North America
- Colias
- Butterflies described in 1862
- Pieridae stubs