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Colias occidentalis (Western Sulphur)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias occidentalis, the western sulphur or golden sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Pacific Northwest and parts of British Columbia. Flight period is from late May until early July. Wingspan is from 53 to 50 mm. Larvae feed on Vicia spp., Lupinus spp., Lathyrus spp., and Thermopsis spp.
View Wikipedia Record: Colias occidentalis

Infraspecies

Colias occidentalis chrysomelas
Colias occidentalis occidentalis

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.811 inches (.046 m)

Prey / Diet

Lathyrus rigidus (stiff pea)[2]
Vicia sativa (narrowleaf vetch)[2]

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.
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