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Colias tamerlana

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Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the East Palearctic (western Siberia, northern China and Mongolia).

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Description

It is a large and very dark member of the Colias genus.

Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies

  • C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
  • C. t. mongola AlphĂ©raky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
  • C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia
  • Taxonomy

    It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.

    References

    Colias tamerlana Wikipedia


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