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Larvae feed on ”[[Trifolium]]” spp. ”[[Astragalus alpinus]]”, ”[[Oxytropis deflexa]]” and ”[[Vicia americana]]”.<ref name=CBIF/><ref name=funet>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/coliadinae/colias/index.html ”Colias”] at Markku Savela’s ”Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms”</ref> Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.<ref name=”:0″ /> |
Larvae feed on ”[[Trifolium]]” spp. ”[[Astragalus alpinus]]”, ”[[Oxytropis deflexa]]” and ”[[Vicia americana]]”.<ref name=CBIF/><ref name=funet>[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/coliadinae/colias/index.html ”Colias”] at Markku Savela’s ”Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms”</ref> Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.<ref name=”:0″ /> |
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Latest revision as of 18:43, 5 December 2025
Species of butterfly
Colias meadii, the Mead’s sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States.[1][2]
Flight period is from July to August.[1] It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines.[3]
Wingspan is from 35 to 44Â mm.[1]
Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana.[1][2] Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.[3]
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- C. m. elis Strecker, 1885 (Alberta, British Columbia)
- C. m. lemhiensis Curtis & Ferris, 1985 (Idaho, Montana)
- C. m. meadii (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana)
