Name

Colias

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Pieridae

Genus: Colias

Habitat

Land. Vegetation

Feeding

Adult nectarivorous; herbivorous larvae

Distribution

America, Africa, Asia and Europe

Conservation status

Genus with about 80 species worldwide. As in other insects, its dangers are insecticides and habitat loss.

Additional information

Diurnal butterfly. Hypognathous head and sucking-maxillary mouthparts in adult. Two pairs of sulphur-yellow scaly wings with black spots. Larvae eruciform with chewing mouthparts. Claviform antennae.