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North American Ecology (US and Canada) ( الإنجليزية )

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Resident in three separate ranges in northern North America (Scott 1986). Habitats are FOREST CLEARINGS/TUNDRA. Host plants are usually herbaceous with most hosts largely restricted to a few species in one family, ERICACEAE. Individuals overwinter as X. There is one flight each year with the approximate flight time JUL1-AUG15 in the northern part of the range and JUL15-AUG31 in the southern part of their range (Scott 1986).
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Colias pelidne ( الإنجليزية )

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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 6,000–11,500 feet (1,800–3,500 m).[2]

Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.[1][3] Adults feed on flower nectar.[2]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ^ a b "Colias pelidne". explorer.natureserve.org.
  3. ^ a b Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. ^ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.

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Colias pelidne: Brief Summary ( الإنجليزية )

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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.

Flight period is from late June until early August. It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of 6,000–11,500 feet (1,800–3,500 m).

Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.

Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa. Adults feed on flower nectar.

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