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Colias pelidne (pelidne sulphur)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias pelidne, the pelidne sulphur or blueberry sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes British Columbia across Canada as far east as Newfoundland and south to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Flight period is from late June until early August. Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm. Larvae feed on Vaccinium spp. and Gaultheria humifusa.
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Infraspecies

Colias pelidne pelidne
Colias pelidne skinneri

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.496 inches (.038 m)

Prey / Diet

Gaultheria humifusa (alpine spicywintergreen)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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