Colias wiskotti
Colias wiskotti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. wiskotti
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Binomial name | |
Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Colias wiskotti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kashmir.[1] The habitat consists of xerophytic mountains.[2]
It is a highly polymorphous species with a lot of varieties or forms described. Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]
The larvae feed on , Oxytropis, and .[1]
Subspecies[]
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- C. w. wiskotti (western Ghissar)
- C. w. sagina Austaut, 1891 (eastern Ghissar, Darvaz)
- C. w. separata Grum-Grshimailo, 1888 (Alaisky Mountains)
- C. w. aurea Kotzsch, 1937 (western Pamirs)
- C. w. draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (western Tian-Shan)
- C. w. sweadneri Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956 (Afghanistan)
Gallery[]
C. w. wiskotti male
C. w. wiskotti female
C. w. wiskotti underside
C. w. separata
C. w. draconis male
C. w. draconis female
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colias wiskotti. |
- Grieshuber, J. & Worthy, B., 2006 A revision of Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882, the available names and the type material, with a note on Colias alpherakii Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges.96: 43-75, 26 figs.
External links[]
- Global Butterfly Information System type information
- Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti images (24)
- Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti blanda images
- Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti aurea images
Categories:
- Colias
- Butterflies described in 1882
- Butterflies of Asia
- Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
- Pieridae stubs