Colias adelaidae is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (China and Tibet).

Colias adelaidae
dorsal side of a male colias adelaidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. adelaidae
Binomial name
Colias adelaidae
Verhulst, 1991[1]

Subspecies edit

  • C. a. adelaidae
  • C. a. karmalana Grieshuber, 1999

Taxonomy edit

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [2]

References edit

  1. ^ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-20.

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