LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835
COLIAS Fabricius,1807
Colias romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885
Colias romanovi romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1885
• RANGE . Ghissar, Alai and Tian-Shan.
• HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Foothills and lower mountains at altitudes ranging from 1,000 m (the Zailiisky Alatau Mts.) to 3,000 m a.s.l. (the Alaisky Mts.). Flight period: June-July.
• SIMILAR SPECIES. C. staudingeri: smaller; UPS ground colour orange, usually without violet tinge; UPF marginal border often interrupted by yellow veins.
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997
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