Colias tamerlana explained

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

Description

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

Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies

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

Taxonomy

It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas^[1] but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas . 2007 . A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) . . 97 . 131–171 . 2013-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083804/http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/body/content/departamentos/entomologia/entomologia/grieshuber_2007-Colias.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
2. 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