''Colias staudingeri'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. It is found in

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

and

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. The habitat consists of alpine meadows at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,900 meters. Adults are on wing from June to July.Russian Insects
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Subspecies

*''C. s. staudingeri'' (northern and inner

Tien-Shan The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at high and located in Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is ...

) *''C. s. emivittata'' Verity, 1911 (central Tien-Shan) *''C. s. maureri'' Staudinger, 1901 ( Alaisky Mountains) *''C. s. pamira'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 ( Zaalaisky Mountains) *''C. s. leechi'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 (

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

) uncertain taxon

References

Butterflies described in 1881 staudingeri Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Sergei Alphéraky {{Pieridae-stub