Colias arida

Colias arida is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in Tibet and western China.

Taxonomy

Treated as a form of Colias eogene by Röber and described as "paler than eogene, the apex of the forewing being more rounded; among this form there occur as aberrations aurithetne Gr.-Grsh. males with yellow-spotted distal margin, and wanda Gr.-Grsh. light-coloured males." It was accepted as a full species by Grieshuber & Lamas in 2007.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• C. a. arida
• C. a. cakana <small>Rose & Schulte, 1992</small>
• C. a. muetingi <small>Rose & Schulte, 1992</small>
• C. a. wanda <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1893</small> - may be a full species as Colias wanda

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