Colias occidentalis
Western sulphur | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Colias occidentalis Scudder, 1862
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Synonyms | |
Eurymus occidentalis Dyar, 1903 |
Colias occidentalis, the western sulphur or golden sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Pacific Northwest and parts of British Columbia.[1]
Flight period is from late May until early July.[1]
Wingspan is from 50 millimetres (2.0 in) to 53 millimetres (2.1 in).[1]
Larvae feed on Vicia spp., Lupinus spp., Lathyrus spp., and Thermopsis spp.[1][2]
Subspecies[]
Listed alphabetically.[2]
- C. o. chrysomelas H. Edwards, 1877 (California, Oregon)
- C. o. occidentalis (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon)
- C. o. sullivani Hammond & McCorkle, 2003 (Oregon)
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Categories:
- Colias
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies described in 1862
- Pieridae stubs