Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colias | |
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Similar Colias montium, Colias tamerlana, Colias arida, Colias berylla, Colias regia | ||
Colias nebulosa is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the East Palearctic (Tibet and China).
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Description
Colias nebulosa is much darker than Colias sifanica; the forewing without middle spot, but with light spot at the distal margin; the hindwing almost uniformly black, with large,conspicuous, light yellow middle spot, and light ray-like spots on the veins. We regard nebulosa as a distinct species.
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Taxonomy
Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas
References
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