Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (western Siberia, northern China, and Mongolia).

Colias tamerlana
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. tamerlana
Binomial name
Colias tamerlana
Synonyms
  • Colias mongola Alphéraky, 1897
  • Colias cocandica sidonia Weiss, 1968

Description

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It is a large and very dark member of the genus Colias.

Biology

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The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies

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  • C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
  • C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
  • C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia

Taxonomy

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It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas[2] but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ 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 2013-05-20.
  3. ^ O. G. Gorbunov , 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564