Colias meadii
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. meadii |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias meadii W.H. Edwards, 1871 | |
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Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States.[2][3]
Flight period is from July to August.[2] It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines.[4]
Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.[2]
Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana.[2][3] Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.[4]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[3]
- 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
- ↑ "Colias meadii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- 1 2 3 4 Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
- 1 2 3 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 "Colias meadii". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-12.