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Colias aurorina (Herrich-Schaffer, 1850)

Самец (Colias aurorina)

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.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8799

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.

Самка (Colias aurorina)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Greece. [1].
  • Greece (mainland). [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, West Caucasian. [3].
  • Southern Greece, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Western Iran and Lebanon. On the territory of the former USSR — the mountains of the Caucasus, Transcaucasia and Western Kopetdag. [259].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The wingspan is 58-62 mm. The wings are bright orange or greenish-white (in females), orange (in males). [259].

General info about Imago

  • Prefers slopes overgrown with thorny astragalus. It is listed in the Red Book of the USSR. [259].

Imago lifespan

  • From the second half of May to the end of June. [259].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Astragalus parnassi cyllenus, Astragalus creticus rumelicus. [28].
  • Prickly astragalus. [259].

Larva lifespan

  • July. [259].

Overwintering stage

  • A doll. [259].

Subspecies of Colias aurorina

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vitalij Dobronosov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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25.02.2016 23:51, Peter Khramov Corrected data.

Wingspan: No formalized data → 58—62 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → , . Caterpillar lifespan: No formalized data → . Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Pupa.

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