Colias pelidne, the pelidne sulphur or blueberry sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes British Columbia across Canada as far east as Newfoundland and south to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. pelidne
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias pelidne | |
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Eurymus pelidne Dyar, 1903 | |
Flight period is from late June until early August.[1] It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of 6,000–11,500 feet (1,800–3,500 m).[2]
Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.[1]
Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.[1][3] Adults feed on flower nectar.[2]
Subspecies
editListed alphabetically.[3]
- C. c. pelidne
- C. p. skinneri Barnes, 1897
- C. p. minisni Bean, 1895 forma? accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b "Colias pelidne". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ a b Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
External links
edit- Butterflies of America C. pelidne skinneri images
- Butterflies of America C. pelidne pelidne images
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