''Colias wanda'' 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 the eastern
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The ...
(northern China).
Subspecies
*''Colias wanda wanda''
*''Colias wanda paskoi''
Kocman, 1999
*''Colias wanda yangguifei''
Huang & Murayama, 1992
Taxonomy
It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber and Gerardo Lamas,
but it may be a subspecies of ''
Colias arida
''Colias arida '' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in Tibet and western China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it ...
'' Alphéraky, 1889
References
External links
J. Fuchs''Colias wanda'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
''Colias wanda paskoi'' images
at Bold
''Colias wanda wanda'' images
at Bold
Butterflies described in 1907
wanda
Wanda is a female given name of Poland, Polish origin. It probably derives from the tribal name of the Wends.Campbell, Mike"Meaning, Origin, and History of the Name Wanda" ''Behind the Name.'' Retrieved August 12, 2010. The name has long been popu ...
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo
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