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Colias thisoa Ménétriès, 1832

Самка (Colias thisoa)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Coliadinae → tribe Coliadini → genus Colias → species Colias thisoa

Species name(s)

Colias thisoa Ménétriès, 1832 = eos Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 = Colias thisoa irtyschensis Lukhtanov, 1999 = Colias thisoa aeolides Groum-Grshimaïlo, 1890 = Colias thisoa ludmilla Schulte, 1989. [3, 9, 187]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15128

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 6.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #27. Pribaikalsky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Самец (Colias thisoa)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, Gorno-Altaisk, Western Caucasus, Prealtay, Pribaikalskiy (?), Tuva. [3].
  • Kazakhstan [PC1149].
  • It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus and Central Asia at altitudes of 2000 m and even higher. [259].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The wingspan is 50-55 mm. Males are light orange with a narrow black border along the outer edge of the wings, females are deep orange with a wide black border. [259].

Imago lifespan

  • Midsummer. [259].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Astragalus. [259].

Larva lifespan

  • July-early August. [259].

Overwintering stage

  • A doll. [259].

Subspecies of Colias thisoa

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Boris Stradomsky, Alexander Belousov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Alexander Belousov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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