Colias gigantea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Colias
- Species
- Colias gigantea
- Scientific Name
- Colias gigantea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Colias gigantea
Colias gigantea, the giant sulphur or giant northern sulfur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes Alaska across Canada to the east coast and Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon.
Flight period is from June until early August. It inhabits tundra and willow bogs.
Wingspan is from 37 to 55 millimetres (1.5 to 2.2 in).
Larvae feed on Salix spp. Adults feed on flower nectar.
...Colias gigantea in languages:
- English
- Giant Sulphur
- French
- grand coliade
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Colias alba
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- Colias aurorina
- Colias behrii
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- Colias blameyi
- Colias canadensis
- Colias caucasica
- Colias chlorocoma
- Colias christina
- Colias christophi
- Colias chrysotheme
- Colias cocandica
- Colias croceus
- Colias dimera
- Colias diva
- Colias dubia
- Colias edusa
- Colias edusoides
- Colias electo
- Colias elis
- Colias eogene
- Colias erate
- Colias erika
- Colias erschoffi
- Colias erythas
- Colias eurytheme
- Colias eurytheme × philodice
- Colias euxanthe
- Colias felderi
- Colias fieldii
- Colias flaveola
- Colias gigantea
- Colias grumi
- Colias harfordii
- Colias hecla
- Colias heos
- Colias hyale
- Colias hyperborea
- Colias interior
- Colias johanseni
- Colias kurmaevi
- Colias lada
- Colias ladakensis
- Colias leechi
- Colias lesbia
- Colias marcopolo
- Colias marnoana
- Colias meadii
- Colias mendozina
- Colias montium
- Colias myrmidone
- Colias nastes
- Colias naukratis
- Colias nebulosa
- Colias nilagiriensis
- Colias nina
- Colias occidentalis
- Colias palaeno
- Colias pelidne
- Colias phicomone
- Colias philodice
- Colias poliographus
- Colias ponteni
- Colias pugo
- Colias rankinensis
- Colias regia
- Colias romanovi
- Colias sagartia
- Colias schleppniki
- Colias scudderii
- Colias shahfuladi
- Colias sieversi
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