Colias eurytheme

C. eurytheme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Coliadinae
Genus: Colias
Species: Colias eurytheme

Name

Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852.

Type locality: California, Sacramento Co., Sacramento.

Lectotype: ♂ designated by Emmel et al, 1998: 9. images.

Synonymy

• Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852: 286.
• Colias amphidusa Boisduval, 1852: 286.
• Colias ariadne Edwards, 1870
• Colias chrysotheme autumnalis Cockerell, 1888
• Colias chrysotheme typica Cockerell, 1888
• Colias chrysotheme ab. alba Röber, 1909
• Colias chrysotheme ab. albina Röber, [1909]
• Colias chrysotheme ab. fumosa Strecker, 1900
• Colias chrysotheme f. amphidusa ab. unicitrina (Gunder, 1924) (Eurymus)
• Colias chrysotheme f. intermedia Cockerell, 1888
• Colias chrysotheme f. pallida Cockerell, 1888
• Colias chrysotheme tr.f. rudkini (Gunder, 1932) (Eurymus)
• Colias chrysotheme var. eurytheme ab. alba Strecker, 1878
• Colias chrysotheme var. keewaydin ab. alba Strecker, 1878
• Colias edusa var. californiana Ménétriés, 1855
• Colias eurytheme alberta Bowman, 1942
• Colias eurytheme intermedia f. pallida Cockerell, 1888
• Colias keewaydin Edwards, 1869
• Colias philodice ab. hybrida Strecker, 1878

References

• Boisduval, J.-A. 1852. Lepidoptères de la Californie. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 10(2): 275–324. BHL. Reference page. 
• Emmel, T., Emmel, J. & Mattoon, S., 1998. The Types of Californian Butterflies Named by Boisduval... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 2: 3-78. Reference page. 
• Strecker, F.H.H., 1872-1900. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and coloured illustrations. Owen, Reading, Pennsylvania. (1872): 143pp, 15pls.; (1898): Suppl. 1, 12pp.; (1899): Suppl. 2, 11pp.; (1900): Suppl. 3, 27pp. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Orange sulphur, Alfalfa butterfly