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Colias harfordii (Harford's Sulphur)

Synonyms: Colias alexandra harfordii

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias harfordii, the Harford's sulphur, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from the southern California coastal ranges and canyons from Kern County south to San Diego County. The habitat consists of open chaparral and woodland clearings. The larvae feed on the leaves of Astragalus douglasii. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
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Prey / Diet

Astragalus douglasii (Jacumba milkvetch)[1]
Astragalus trichopodus (Santa Barbara milkvetch)[1]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
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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