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LEPIDOPTERA

Colias marcopolo marcopolo Grum-Grshimailo, 1888

Colias marcopolo

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Hindukusch orient." [Kunzhut Mts., E. Hindu Kush].
• RANGE . The Pamirs, the Hindu Kush, the Himalaya.
• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Pamirs - the nominate subspecies.
• HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Alpine meadows with poor vegetation, sometimes stony slopes, at 3,600-5,000 m a.s.l. Host plants: Astragalus spp.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997