Colias behrii, the Behr's sulphur or Sierra green sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to California's Sierra Nevada from Tuolumne County south to Tulare County.[2]
The wingspan is 35–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in). The upper surface of the males is dull green with a dark border and with a pale hindwing cell spot. Females are greenish-yellow with a dark diffuse border. The underside of both sexes is green. Adults are on wing from July to August. They feed on flower nectar.[2] Its habitats include moist alpine and subalpine meadows surrounded by low shrubs.[3]
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species and Gentiana newberryi.[2]
Colias behrii, the Behr's sulphur or Sierra green sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to California's Sierra Nevada from Tuolumne County south to Tulare County.
The wingspan is 35–42 mm (1.4–1.7 in). The upper surface of the males is dull green with a dark border and with a pale hindwing cell spot. Females are greenish-yellow with a dark diffuse border. The underside of both sexes is green. Adults are on wing from July to August. They feed on flower nectar. Its habitats include moist alpine and subalpine meadows surrounded by low shrubs.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species and Gentiana newberryi.
Colias behrii (Anglice Behr's sulphur, sierra green sulfur) est papilio subfamiliae Coliadinarum familiae Pieridarum, in Sierra Nivata Californiae a Comitatu Tuolumne ad meridiem ad Comitatum Tulare endemicus.[2]
Latitudo alarum est 35–42 mm. Superior marum superficies est viridis sordida, margine obscuro et pallescenti alae posterioris macula cellulari. Feminae sunt flavovirentes, margine obscuro et diffuso. Inferior amborum sexuum latus est viridis. Adulti a Iulio ad Augustum volare solent. Nectare florum vescuntur.[2]
Larvae Gentiana newberryi et speciebus Vaccinii vescuntur.[2]
Vide "Colias behrii" apud Vicispecies. 
Haec stipula ad insectum spectat. Amplifica, si potes! Colias behrii (Anglice Behr's sulphur, sierra green sulfur) est papilio subfamiliae Coliadinarum familiae Pieridarum, in Sierra Nivata Californiae a Comitatu Tuolumne ad meridiem ad Comitatum Tulare endemicus.
Latitudo alarum est 35–42 mm. Superior marum superficies est viridis sordida, margine obscuro et pallescenti alae posterioris macula cellulari. Feminae sunt flavovirentes, margine obscuro et diffuso. Inferior amborum sexuum latus est viridis. Adulti a Iulio ad Augustum volare solent. Nectare florum vescuntur.
Colias behrii is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Coliadinae.
Colias behrii werd in 1866 beschreven door W. Edwards.[1]
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Colias behrii é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. Ela é endémico da Califórnia, do Condado de Tuolumne em direcção a sul para o Condado de Tulare.[2]
As larvas alimentam-se de Vaccinium e Gentiana newberryi.
Colias behrii é uma borboleta da família Pieridae. Ela é endémico da Califórnia, do Condado de Tuolumne em direcção a sul para o Condado de Tulare.
As larvas alimentam-se de Vaccinium e Gentiana newberryi.
