LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835
COLIAS Fabricius,1807
Colias chlorocoma Christoph, 1888
Colias chlorocoma chlorocoma Christoph, 1888
• RANGE . Transcaucasia, Turkey and Iran.
• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominate subspecies (= tkatschukovi 0. Bang-Haas, 1936) occurs in the Armenian Highland. Adults of both sexes have various colour forms, as do other Colias species.
• HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony slopes up to 1,600-2,000 m a.s.l. with Onobrychis cornuta as the host plant (Nekrutenko, 1990). Flight period: June-July.
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997