Английская Википедия:Colias meadii

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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.[1][2]

Flight period is from July to August.[1] It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines.[3]

Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.[1]

Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana.[1][2] Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.[3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • C. m. elis Strecker, 1885 (Alberta, British Columbia)
  • C. m. lemhiensis Curtis & Ferris, 1985 (Idaho, Montana)
  • C. m. meadii (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana)

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web