Colias meadii

Colias meadii
Mead's Sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. meadii
Binomial name
Colias meadii
W.H. Edwards, 1871
Synonyms
  • Eurymus meadii Dyar, 1903
  • Colias elis Strecker, 1885

The Mead's Sulphur (Colias meadii) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the USA.[1][2]

Flight period is from July to August.[1]

Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa, and Vicia americana.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

  • C. m. elis Strecker, 1885 (Alberta, British Columbia)
  • C. m. lemhiensis Curtis & Ferris, 1985 (Idaho, Montana)
  • C. m. meadii (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ^ a b c Colias, funet.fi
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