Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae > Colias > Colias chippewa

Colias chippewa (Heath Sulphur)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias chippewa, the heath sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America and northeastern Asia. Its range includes Alaska across northern Canada, including all the territories, and as far east as Labrador. and the Russian Far East. Flight period is from mid-June until early August. Wingspan is from 32 to 45 mm. Larvae feed on Vaccinium uliginosum and Vaccinium caespitosum.
View Wikipedia Record: Colias chippewa

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.496 inches (.038 m)

Prey / Diet

Vaccinium cespitosum (dwarf blueberry)[1]
Vaccinium uliginosum (bog blueberry)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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