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Colias lada

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Species of butterfly

Colias lada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. lada
Binomial name
Colias lada
Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
Synonyms
  • Colias lada ab. oreas Grum-Grshimailo, 1893

Colias lada is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic (Tibet, China).

Description

Colias lada is deep yolk-colour, with rather narrow black distal margin, the middle spot of the forewing small; female with strongly darkened hindwing, the posterior portion of the distal margin being conspicuously yellow.

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas

References

  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 2013-05-18.
Taxon identifiers
Colias lada


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