Colias wiskotti

Colias wiskotti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kashmir.[1] The habitat consists of xerophytic mountains.[2]

Colias wiskotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. wiskotti
Binomial name
Colias wiskotti
Synonyms
  • Colias leuca Staudinger, 1882
  • Colias palaenoides Verity, 1909
  • Colias leucotheme Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
  • Colias wiskotti var. aurantiaca Staudinger, [1892]
  • Colias draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

It is a highly polymorphous species with a lot of varieties or forms described. Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Acantolimon, Oxytropis, and Onobrychis echidna.[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • C. w. wiskotti (western Ghissar)
  • C. w. sagina Austaut, 1891 (eastern Ghissar, Darvaz)
  • C. w. separata Grum-Grshimailo, 1888 (Alaisky Mountains)
  • C. w. aurea Kotzsch, 1937 (western Pamirs)
  • C. w. draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (western Tian-Shan)
  • C. w. sweadneri Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956 (Afghanistan)
  • C. w. wiskotti male
  • C. w. wiskotti female
  • C. w. wiskotti underside
  • C. w. separata
  • C. w. draconis male
  • C. w. draconis female
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References
  1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Colias wiskotti, Russian Insects
  • Grieshuber, J. & Worthy, B., 2006 A revision of Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882, the available names and the type material, with a note on Colias alpherakii Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges.96: 43-75, 26 figs.


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