Colias nebulosa
Species of butterfly
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Colias nebulosa is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (Tibet and China).
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. nebulosa |
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Description
Colias nebulosa is much darker than Colias sifanica; the forewing without middle spot, but with light spot at the distal margin; the hindwing almost uniformly black, with large, conspicuous, light yellow middle spot, and light ray-like spots on the veins. We regard nebulosa as a distinct species.[2]
Subspecies
- C. n. nebulosa Sichuan
- C. n. karoensis Hoshiai & Rose, 1998 S. Tibet
- C. n. niveata Verity, [1909] Qinghai
- C. n. pugo Evans, 1924 S. E.Tibet
- C. n. richthofeni O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Richthofen Mts., Kukunor Mts
- C. n. sungpani O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Sichuan, Gansu
Taxonomy
Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas [3]
