Colias occidentalis

Western sulphur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Colias
Species: C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Colias occidentalis
Scudder, 1862
Synonyms

Eurymus occidentalis Dyar, 1903

Colias occidentalis, the western sulphur or golden sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Pacific Northwest and parts of British Columbia.[1]

Flight period is from late May until early July.[1]

Wingspan is from 50 millimetres (2.0 in) to 53 millimetres (2.1 in).[1]

Larvae feed on Vicia spp., Lupinus spp., Lathyrus spp., and Thermopsis spp.[1][2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

  • C. o. chrysomelas H. Edwards, 1877 (California, Oregon)
  • C. o. occidentalis (British Columbia, Washington, Oregon)
  • C. o. sullivani Hammond & McCorkle, 2003 (Oregon)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Western Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 1 2 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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