Colias tamerlana

Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic (western Siberia, northern China and Mongolia).

Colias tamerlana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. tamerlana
Binomial name
Colias tamerlana
Synonyms
  • Colias mongola Alphéraky, 1897
  • Colias cocandica sidonia Weiss, 1968

Description

It is a large and very dark member of the genus Colias.

Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies
  • C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
  • C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
  • C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia

Taxonomy

It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas[2] but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.[3]

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References
  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 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 2013-05-20.
  3. O. G. Gorbunov , 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564


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