Colias lada

Species of butterfly

Colias lada

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. lada
Binomial name
*Colias lada* Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 ^[1]
Synonyms
Colias lada ab. oreas Grum-Grshimailo, 1893

Colias lada is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic (Tibet, China).

Description

Colias lada is deep yolk-colour, with rather narrow black distal margin, the middle spot of the forewing small; female with strongly darkened hindwing, the posterior portion of the distal margin being conspicuously yellow.

Taxonomy

Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas ^[2]

References

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^ Colias, Site of Markku Savela
^ Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas (2007). "A synonymic list of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 97: 131–171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.