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Colias philodice (clouded sulphur)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias philodice, the common sulphur or clouded sulphur, is a North American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae.
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Infraspecies

Colias philodice eriphyle
Colias philodice guatemalena
Colias philodice philodice
Colias philodice vitabunda

Attributes

Diet [1]  Herbivore
Wing Span [2]  1.693 inches (.043 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Providers

Shelter 
Robinia pseudoacacia (Post locust)[3]
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)[3]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 3Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 4Jorrit 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.
♦ 5Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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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