''Colias behrii'', the Behr's sulphur or Sierra green sulfur, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. It is endemic to
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
's Sierra Nevada from Tuolumne County south to Tulare County.
[Butterflies and Moths of North America]
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The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is . The upper surface of the males is dull green with a dark border and with a pale hindwing cell spot. Females are greenish-yellow with a dark diffuse border. The underside of both sexes is green. Adults are on wing from July to August. They feed on flower nectar.[ Its habitats include moist alpine and subalpine meadows surrounded by low shrubs.]Gentiana newberryi
''Gentiana newberryi'' is a species of gentian known by the common names alpine gentian and Newberry's gentian. It is a perennial herb found in western North America.
Distribution
The plant is native to California and Oregon. Its habitat is wet ...
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References
behrii
Butterflies described in 1866
Butterflies of North America
Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
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