Colias nebulosa explained

Colias nebulosa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (Tibet and China).

Description

Colias nebulosa is much darker than Colias sifanica; the forewing without middle spot, but with light spot at the distal margin; the hindwing almost uniformly black, with large, conspicuous, light yellow middle spot, and light ray-like spots on the veins. We regard nebulosa as a distinct species.^[1]

Subspecies

• C. n. nebulosa Sichuan
• C. n. karoensis Hoshiai & Rose, 1998 S. Tibet
• C. n. niveata Verity, [1909] Qinghai
• C. n. pugo Evans, 1924 S. E.Tibet
• C. n. richthofeni O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Richthofen Mts., Kukunor Mts
• C. n. sungpani O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Sichuan, Gansu

Taxonomy

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

External links

• Colias nebulosa von J. Fuchs

Notes and References

1. [Julius Röber|Röber]
2. Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas . 2007 . A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) . . 97 . 131–171 . 2013-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083804/http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/entomologia/entomologia/grieshuber_2007-Colias.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .