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Colias [Fabricius], 1807
Taxonomic Serial No.: 188526

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2009

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Lepidoptera – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa
	Superfamily	Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons
	Family	Pieridae Swainson, 1820 – orange-tips, Whites, Sulphurs
	Subfamily	Coliadinae Swainson, 1821 – Sulphurs
	Genus	Colias [Fabricius], 1807
		Direct Children:
	Species	Colias alexandra W. H. Edwards, 1863 – Queen Alexandra's Sulphur
	Species	Colias behrii W. H. Edwards, 1866 – Sierra Sulphur
	Species	Colias canadensis Ferris, 1982 – Canadian Sulphur
	Species	Colias christina W. H. Edwards, 1863 – Christina's Sulphur
	Species	Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 – Orange Sulphur, alfalfa caterpillar, coliade de la luzerne
	Species	Colias gigantea Strecker, 1900 – Giant Sulphur
	Species	Colias harfordii Hy. Edwards, 1877
	Species	Colias hecla Lefčbvre, 1836 – Hecla Sulphur, Arctic sulphur
	Species	Colias interior Scudder, 1862 – Pink-edged Sulphur, pink edged sulphur, coliade intérieure, pinkedged sulphur
	Species	Colias johanseni Troubridge and Philip, 1990 – Coppermine Sulphur
	Species	Colias meadii W. H. Edwards, 1871 – Mead's Sulphur
	Species	Colias nastes Boisduval, 1832 – Labrador Sulphur, nastes sulphur
	Species	Colias occidentalis Scudder, 1862 – Western Sulphur
	Species	Colias palaeno (Linnaeus, 1761) – Palaeno Sulphur
	Species	Colias pelidne Boisduval and Le Conte, 1830 – Pelidne Sulphur
	Species	Colias philodice Godart, 1819 – Clouded Sulphur, clouded sulphur, coliade du trčfle
	Species	Colias scudderii Reakirt, 1865
	Species	Colias tyche (Böber, 1812)

References


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	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Colias

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Pelham, Jonathan P.
	Publication Date:	2008
	Article/Chapter Title:	A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40
	Page(s):	xiv + 658
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0022-4324
	Notes:	As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead
	Reference for:	Colias

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