Colias pelidne

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]

Pelidne sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. pelidne
Binomial name
Colias pelidne
Synonyms

Eurymus pelidne Dyar, 1903

Flight period is from late June until early August.[1]

Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

  • C. c. pelidne
  • C. p. skinneri Barnes, 1897
  • C. p. minisni Bean, 1895 forma? accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [3]
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References
  1. Pelidne Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. 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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