Colias meadii

Mead's sulphur
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. meadii
Binomial name
	Colias meadii; W.H. Edwards, 1871
Synonyms
	Eurymus meadii Dyar, 1903; Colias elis Strecker, 1885;

Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States.^[1]^[2]

Flight period is from July to August.^[1] It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines.^[3]

Wingspan is from 35 to 44 mm.^[1]

Larvae feed on Trifolium spp. Astragalus alpinus, Oxytropis deflexa and Vicia americana.^[1]^[2] Adults feed on flower nectar from alpine sunflower and asters.^[3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

C. m. elis Strecker, 1885 (Alberta, British Columbia)
C. m. lemhiensis Curtis & Ferris, 1985 (Idaho, Montana)
C. m. meadii (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
^ ^a ^b ^c Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b "Colias meadii". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-12.

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[CBIF-1] Mead's Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada

[funet-2] Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[:0-3] "Colias meadii". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-12.

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