Rank Species | Order Lepidoptera | |
Similar Colias montium, Colias tamerlana, Colias eogene, Colias berylla, Colias regia | ||
Colias leechi is a very little known butterfly in the Pieridae family. It was described from the East Palearctic "In ramificationibus occidentalibus montium Himalayensium in valle Chonging" (17,000 feet (5,200 m) altitude).
Chongqing covers a large area crisscrossed by rivers and mountains. None are high enough to fit the description and Röber gives Sikkim as the locality and the British Museum card gives the type locality as West Himalaya Ladak.
Taxonomy
Described as a variety of Colias eogene. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index treats leechi as Colias staudingeri ssp. leechi. Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas
References
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