Colias aurorina (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Coliadinae → tribe Coliadini → genus Colias → species Colias aurorina
Species name(s)
Colias aurorina (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850) = Colias heldreichi Staudinger 1862 = Colias libanotica Lederer 1858 = Colias aurorina sovarensis Blom 1979 = Colias aurorina transcaspica Christoph 1889 = Colias aurorina kermana Eckweiler 1979. [10, 187]
Dawn Clouded Yellow, Balkan Clouded Yellow.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Wingspan
58—62 mm.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Larva lifespan
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Over-wintering stage
Pupa.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Greece. [1].
- Greece (mainland). [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, West Caucasian. [3].
- Южная Греция, Сирия, Турция, Ирак, Западный Иран и Ливан. На территории бывшего СССР — горы Кавказа, Закавказья и Западного Копетдага. [259].
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Размах крыльев 58—62 мм. Крылья ярко-оранжевые или зеленовато-белые (у самок), оранжевые (у самцов). [259].
General info about Imago
- Предпочитает склоны, поросшие колючими астрагалами. Внесена в Красную Книгу СССР. [259].
Imago lifespan
- Со второй половины мая до конца июня. [259].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Astragalus parnassi cyllenus, Astragalus creticus rumelicus. [28].
- Колючие астрагалы. [259].
Larva lifespan
Overwintering stage
Subspecies of Colias aurorina
- Colias aurorina aurorina. [9]
- C. a. daghestanica Verhulst, 1994. [9]
- C. a. kermana Eckweiler, 1979. [9]
- C. a. rosei Gross & Ebert, 1975. [9]
- C. a. taurica Rebel, 1901. [9]
- C. a. transcaspica Christoph, 1889. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Vitalij Dobronosov. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
- [259] Бабочки Закавказья. М.: Планета, 1988
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