Colias
Eurymus ,
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Eriocolias ,
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Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Colias adelaidae
- Colias aegidii
- Colias aias
- Colias alexandra
- Colias alfacariensis
- Colias alpherakii
- Colias alta
- Colias arida
- Colias aurorina
- Colias behrii
- Colias berylla
- Colias canadensis
- Colias caucasica
- Colias chlorocoma
- Colias christina
- Colias christophi
- Colias chrysotheme
- Colias cocandica
- Colias croceus
- Colias dimera
- Colias diva
- Colias dubia
- Colias electo
- Colias eogene
- Colias erate
- Colias erschoffii
- Colias eurytheme
- Colias euxanthe
- Colias felderi
- Colias fieldii
- Colias flaveola
- Colias gigantea
- Colias grumi
- Colias harfordii
- Colias hecla
- Colias heos
- Colias hyale
- Colias hyperborea
- Colias interior
- Colias lada
- Colias ladakensis
- Colias leechi
- Colias lesbia
- Colias marcopolo
- Colias marnoana
- Colias meadii
- Colias minisni
- Colias montium
- Colias mossi
- Colias myrmidone
- Colias nastes
- Colias nebulosa
- Colias nilagiriensis
- Colias nina
- Colias occidentalis
- Colias palaeno
- Colias pelidne
- Colias phicomone
- Colias philodice
- Colias poliographus
- Colias ponteni
- Colias regia
- Colias romanovi
- Colias sagartia
- Colias scudderii
- Colias shahfuladi
- Colias sieversi
- Colias sifanica
- Colias staudingeri
- Colias stoliczkana
- Colias tamerlana
- Colias thisoa
- Colias thrasibulus
- Colias tibetana
- Colias tyche
- Colias vauthierii
- Colias wanda
- Colias weberbaueri
- Colias wiskotti
Introduction
An almost cosmopolitan genus, ranging from Patagonia to the Arctic, to Africa, China and India. Larvae feed on vetches and other legumes.nomenclature
The names of species currently viewed as valid and generic synonymies are those presented in the checklist of Grieshuber and Lamas (2007).References
Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Grieshuber, J. & Lamas M., G. 2007 A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807. Mitt. Munch. Ent. Ges. 97, 131-171.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Layberry RA, Hall PW, and LaFontaine JD. 1998. The butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Devyatkin AL, Kaabak LV, Korolev VA, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, and Tarasov EA. 1997. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Pensoft, Sofia.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Colias eurytheme |
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| Location | Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve, Winfield, Illinois, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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| Scientific Name | Lepidoptera:Pieridae: Colias hyale |
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| Location | Castel d’Aiano, Bologna Province, Emilia Romagna, Italy |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
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| Scientific Name | Colias philodice |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | #2158040 |
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| Copyright | © David Cappaert |
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Eriocolias ,
Coliastes ,
Protocolias ,
Mesocolias ,
Palaeocolias ,
Neocolias ,
Eucolias ,
Similicolias ,
Paracolias ,
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