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Colias tamerlana

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

Description

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

Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

Subspecies

  • C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
  • C. t. mongola <small>Alphéraky, 1897</small> Altai, Sayan
  • C. t. sidonia <small>Weiss, 1968</small> northern Mongolia

Taxonomy

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

References