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Colias interior

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colias

Higher classification
  
Colias

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Colias interior

Rank
  
Species

Colias interior Colias interior Scudder 1862

Similar
  
Butterfly, Colias, Butterflies and moths, Colias alexandra, Colias occidentalis

Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the Pieridae family.

Contents

Description

The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.

Distribution

See range map.

Life cycle

There is one flight between June to August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.

Larval foods

  • Vaccinium
  • Ericaceae
  • Adult foods

  • Aralia hispida
  • Pilosella aurantiaca
  • References

    Colias interior Wikipedia