Colias interior
| Pink-edged sulphur | |
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| Prince Edward County, Ontario | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. interior |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias interior (Scudder, 1862) | |
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Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the Pieridae family.
Description
The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.
Distribution
See range map.
Life cycle
There is one flight between June to August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.
Larval foods
Adult foods
- Aralia hispida
- Pilosella aurantiaca
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Colias interior |
- Darby, Gene (1958). What is a Butterfly. Chicago: Benefic Press. p. 37.
- "Butterflies and Moths of North America (Pink-edged Sulphur)". Montana State University. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- Pink-edged Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
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