Colias felderi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tibet and China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. felderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 [1]
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Description edit
Colias felderi is light orange red with a black margin, which is traversed by the yellow veins at the apex of the wing, and with a black middle spot. The hindwing has a yellowish band before the black distal margin. The underside, which has nothing distinctive, is without submarginal spots.
Taxonomy edit
Originally described as Colias species felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 "in regione Amdo dicta, in montibus ad Sinin". It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas.[2]
Etymology edit
The name honours Rudolf Felder.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colias felderi.
Wikispecies has information related to Colias felderi.
- ^ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ 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 2013-05-16.
- Grieshuber, J., Churkin, S., Worthy, B. & Lvovsky, A., (2004). The types of Colias felderi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891, Colias lada Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 and Colias sifanica Grum-Grshimailo, 1891, with additional notes on the types of Colias diva Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).Helios V: 10-24, pl. 1, figs. 1-7.
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