Colias pelidne explained

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]

Flight period is from late June until early August.^[1] It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of NaNfeet.^[2]

Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.^[1]

Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.^{[1] [3]} Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Listed 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]

External links

• Butterflies of America C. pelidne skinneri images
• Butterflies of America C. pelidne pelidne images

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/species/PelidneSulphur_e.php Pelidne Sulphur
2. Web site: Colias pelidne. explorer.natureserve.org.
3. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/coliadinae/colias/index.html Colias
4. 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 .