Colias thisoa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, central Asia, southern Siberia, Turkey and Iran. The habitat consists of humid mountain meadows in the forest belt.
The larvae feed on Astragalus species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- Colias thisoa thisoa (Caucasus Major)
- Colias thisoa strandiana <small>Sheljuzhko, 1935</small> (Caucasus Minor, Armenian Highland)
- Colias thisoa shakuhensis <small>Sheljuzhko, 1935</small> (Talysh, Kopet-Dagh)
- Colias thisoa aeolides <small>Grum-Grshimailo, 1890</small> (northern and Inner Tian-Shan, Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai)
- Colias thisoa urumtsiensis <small>Verity, 1909</small> (central Tian-Shan)
- Colias thisoa irtyschensis <small>Lukhtanov, 1999</small> (south-western Altai)
- Colias thisoa nikolaevi <small>Korshunov, 1998</small> (Alai, Kurai, Tyurguno Steppe)
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