Colias fieldii explained

Colias fieldii, the dark clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Iran, India, southern China, Indochina, and Ussuri.[1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2]

Description

Charles Thomas Bingham (1907) gives a detailed description:

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. R.K.. Varshney. Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 23. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
  2. Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas . 2007 . A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) . Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft . 97 . 131–171 . 2013-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083804/http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/entomologia/entomologia/grieshuber_2007-Colias.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .

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