North American Ecology (US and Canada)
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Resident in western North America (Scott 1986). Habitats are CONIFEROUS FORESTS, SAGEBRUSH, GRASSLAND, OPEN OAK WOODLAND IN CA. Host plants are usually herbaceous including many species, mostly in one family, LEGUMINOSAE. Eggs are laid on the host plant singly. One or two flights based on latitude with the approximate flight time MAR1-AUG30 depending on latitude (Scott 1986).
Conservation Status
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Not of concern.
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Cyclicity
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Two broods, peaking in late May to mid June and late July to mid August.
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Distribution
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This species occurs from central BC across to southern Saskatchewan, south to California and New Mexico (Opler 1999). In Alberta, it occurs chiefly along the southern reaches of the Red Deer River valley and southward. The depiction of locality records throughout the Alberta foothills in Layberry et al. (1998) is incorrect, and may be referable to C. christina; these two species were once considered to be variations of the same species.
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General Description
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A combination of the following traits will usually distinguish this species: hindwing underside quite greenish, with no row of dark spots and an unbordered, silver discal spot; upperside bright, cold-yellow with no trace of orange. It is found only in prairie (rarely in the southern foothills) grassland habitat.
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Habitat
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Gravelly and eroding prairie grasslands.
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Life Cycle
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The eggs of Colorado populations are at first yellow-green, then turning pink, and are conical in shape with longitudinal ridges (Guppy & Shepard 2001). Mature larvae are black-dotted and green, with alternating dark and light longitudinal stripes (Layberry et al. 1998, Guppy & Shepard 2001). In Colorado, third instar larvae overwinter (Guppy & Shepard 2001). Pupae are yellowish-green with light markings that mimic leaf veins (Guppy & Shepard 2001).
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Trophic Strategy
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There are no larval or adult diet data available for Alberta populations. A number of legume species are known larval host plants in the US, as summarized by Guppy & Shepard (2001). They include members of the genera Astragalus, Lathyrus, Oxytropis and Thermopsis which are all legumes (Fabaceae).
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Colias alexandra
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Anglèis
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Colias alexandra, the Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, or ultraviolet sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes Alaska to the Northwest Territories and south to Arizona and New Mexico.[1]
Description
Wingspan is from 38 to 57 mm.[1] In the male above similar to Colias philodice, but has more glossy yellow ground colour with orange-yellow tinge, particularly on the hindwing. The under surface, however, is very different in both sexes, namely silver grey on the hindwing with silvery median spot. The female is light yellow, has a small dark distal margin to the forewing or none at all, but black median spot, and is sometimes suffused with orange yellow.
Biology
Flight period is from mid-May until August.[1]
Larvae feed on Thermopsis, Astragalus, Lathyrus, Oxytropis, and Lupinus species.[1][2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
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C. a. alexandra (Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Alberta, Saskatchewan)
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C. a. apache Ferris, 1988 (Arizona, New Mexico)
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C. a. columbiensis Ferris, 1973 (British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Idaho, Montana)
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C. a. edwardsii Edwards, 1870 (Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington)
Taxonomy
Colias alexandra and Colias christina have in the past been considered conspecific. Ferris[3] recognized them as separate species in studies, based on geographic distribution, habitat preferences, female wing pattern, and male ultraviolet wing patterns. Colias alexandra is also closely related to, and sympatric with, Colias occidentalis.[4]
References
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^ a b c d Queen Alexandra's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
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^ a b Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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^ Ferris, C. D. 1993. Reassessment of the Colias alexandra group, the legume-feeding species, and preliminary cladistic analysis of the North American Colias (Pieridae: Coliadinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum. (138):1-91
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^ Paul C. Hammond & David V. Mccorkle, 2003 A new desert subspecies of Colias occidentalis (Pieridae) from southeastern Oregon Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57(4),2003,274-278 [1]
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Colias alexandra: Brief Summary
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Colias alexandra, the Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, or ultraviolet sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes Alaska to the Northwest Territories and south to Arizona and New Mexico.
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Colias alexandra
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Colias alexandra est un insecte lépidoptère de la famille des Pieridae de la sous-famille des Coliadinae et du genre Colias.
Dénomination
Colias alexandra a été nommé par William H. Edwards en 1863.
Sous-espèces et formes
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Colias alexandra alexandra présent au Canada dans l'Alberta et aux USA dans l'Utah, le Wyoming, le Colorado, le Montana, le Dakota du Sud et le Nebraska.
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Colias alexandra apache (Ferris, 1988) en Arizona et au Nouveau-Mexique.
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Colias alexandra columbiensis (Ferris, 1973) en Colombie-Britannique, Alberta et Idaho.
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Colias alexandra edwardsii (Edwards, 1870) au Nevada, en Californie, Oregon, Idaho et Montana[1].
Noms vernaculaires
Colias alexandra se nomme Queen Alexandra's Sulphur ou Alexandra Sulphur ou Ultraviolet Sulfur en anglais.
Description
Colias alexandra est un papillon de taille moyenne (son envergure varie de 38 à 57 mm), d'une couleur jaune brillant avec ou non suivant les sous-espèces une bordure marron. Les franges sont jaunes pour Colias alexandra alexandra, parfois roses pour Colias alexandra colombasis.
Certaines femelles peuvent être blanches[2]
Chenille
Les chenilles sont vertes ornées de raie longitudinales plus ou moins foncées[2].
Biologie
Période de vol et hivernation
Colias alexandra hiverne au stade de chenille[3].
Colias alexandra vole de mi-mai à août, en une seule génération.
Plantes hôtes
Les plantes hôtes de sa chenille sont diverses : des Thermopsis, de très nombreux Astragalus, des Lathyrus, des Oxytropis et des Lupinus[1].
Écologie et distribution
Colias alexandra est présent dans tout le nord-ouest de l'Amérique du Nord. Au Canada il réside en Saskatchewan, dans l'Alberta et la Colombie-Britannique[2]. Aux USA il réside dans l'Utah, le Wyoming, le Colorado, le Montana, le Dakota du Sud et le Nebraska, le Nevada, l'Oregon, l'Idaho, l'Arizona, la Californie et le Nouveau-Mexique[1],[3].
Biotope
Colias alexandra réside dans les prés, les bois clairs et les bords de routes.
Protection
Pas de statut de protection particulier[3].
Philatélie
Notes et références
Annexes
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Colias alexandra: Brief Summary
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Colias alexandra est un insecte lépidoptère de la famille des Pieridae de la sous-famille des Coliadinae et du genre Colias.
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Colias alexandra
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Colias alexandra (Anglice Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, ultraviolet sulfur) est papilio subfamiliae Coliadinarum familiae Pieridarum, in America Septentrionali endemicus. Sua area geographica est Alasca ad Territoria Septentrio-Occidentalia et ad meridiem ad Arizonam et Novum Mexicum.[1]
Adulti a medio Maio ad Augustum volare solent.[1]
Latitudo alarum est a 38 ad 57 mm.[1]
Larvae plantis generum Astragali, Lathyri, Lupini, Oxytropis, et Thermopsis vescuntur.[1][2]
Subspecies
Subspecies ordine alphabetico perscriptae:[2]
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Colias alexandra alexandra (Uta, Vyomina, Coloratum, Montana, Dacota Meridiana, Nebrasca, Alberta, Saskatchewan)
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Colias alexandra apache Ferris, 1988 (Arizona, Novum Mexicum)
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Colias alexandra columbiensis Ferris, 1973 (Columbia Britannica, Alberta, Vasingtonia, Idahum, Montana)
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Colias alexandra edwardsii Edwards, 1870 (Nivata, California, Oregonia, Idahum, Vasintonia)
Bibliographia
Nexus externi
Vide
"Coliadem alexandram" apud
Vicispecies.
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Colias alexandra
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Colias alexandra
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Colias alexandra: Brief Summary
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Colias alexandra é uma borboleta da família Pieridae encontrada no oeste da América do Norte. O seu habitat inclui o Alasca até aos Territórios do Noroeste e sul do Arizona e Novo México.
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