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Colias meadii (Mead's Sulphur)

Synonyms: Colias meadii lemhiensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. Flight period is from July to August. Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm. Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana.
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Infraspecies

Colias meadii elis
Colias meadii meadii

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 m)

Prey / Diet

Astragalus alpinus (Alpine Milkvetch)[2]
Oxytropis deflexa (hangpod crazyweed)[2]
Trifolium dasyphyllum (alpine clover)[2]

External References

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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.
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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