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Colias nebulosa

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Colias nebulosa

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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.

Subspecies

  • C. n. nebulosa Sichuan
  • C. n. karoensis Hoshiai & Rose, 1998 S. Tibet
  • C. n. niveata Verity, [1909] Qinghai
  • C. n. pugo Evans, 1924 S. E.Tibet
  • C. n. richthofeni O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Richthofen Mts., Kukunor Mts
  • C. n. sungpani O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Sichuan, Gansu
  • Taxonomy

    Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas

    References

    Colias nebulosa Wikipedia


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