Species: Colias interior
Pink-edged Sulphur
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Colias
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
coliade intérieur
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Pieridae - Colias
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly; Pieridae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Larvae on low species of blueberry and bilberry.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-18
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
US.WY=SNR
Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - British Columbia to Newfoundland; south to Oregon, Lake States, and NY; PA, VA, and West VA (isolated colonies in mountains).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)