- Colias ponteni
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Colias ponteni Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pieridae Tribe: Coliadini Genus: Colias Species: C. ponteni Binomial name Colias ponteni
Wallengren, 1860Synonyms - Colias imperialis Butler, 1871
Colias ponteni is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.
Colias ponteni was described from the Sandwich Inseln (supposedly Hawaii) and Colias imperialis from Port Famine (Strait of Magellan in Chile), although there is serious doubt about these locations. Currently though, this species does not exist either in Hawaii or Patagonia. It is only known from the type series, consisting of 11 specimens (now 150 years old), and is thought to be extinct.
All of the specimens are in two museums in London and Stockholm.
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