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Colias alexandra (Queen Alexandra's Sulphur)

Synonyms: Colias alexandra apache; Colias alexandra kluanensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias alexandra, the Queen Alexandra's sulphur, Alexandra sulphur, or ultraviolet sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in western North America. Its range includes Alaska to the Northwest Territories and south to Arizona and New Mexico.
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Infraspecies

Colias alexandra alexandra
Colias alexandra altamont
Colias alexandra altiplano
Colias alexandra astraea
Colias alexandra columbiensis
Colias alexandra edwardsii
Colias alexandra pseudocolumbiensis

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.85 inches (.047 m)

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Potentilla pulcherrima (beautiful cinquefoil)[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0