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Colias sagartia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colias

Colias sagartia

Similar
  
Colias montium, Colias regia, Colias cocandica, Colias eogene, Colias tamerlana

Colias sagartia is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Elburz mountains in northern Iran and the mountains of north-western Iran.

The wingspan is 48–54 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Acantholimon and Astragalus species.

References

Colias sagartia Wikipedia