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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. wiskotti
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Binomial name | |
Colias wiskotti
Staudinger, 1882
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Colias wiskotti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kashmir. [1] The habitat consists of xerophytic mountains. [2]
It is a highly polymorphous species with a lot of varieties or forms described. Adults are on wing from June to August. [2]
The larvae feed on Acantolimon, Oxytropis, and Onobrychis echidna. [1]
The following subspecies are recognised: [1]