''Colias christophi '' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

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 Le ...

. It is found in

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

and

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Description

''Colias christophi'' has quite an exceptional aspect among ''Colias'', the costal basal area having a peculiar reddish-brown colour, and the submarginal spots of the forewing being extraordinarily large and almost white, forming a continuous band which is traversed by the narrowly black veins. The hindwing is dark, feebly greenish with a white middle spot and a band of white submarginal spots. The underside is grey green, with a black middle spot on the forewing and a white one on the hindwing. The female differs only in the somewhat larger light submarginal spots on both wings. (MHNT) Colias christophi - Tadjikistan Russie - female dorsal.jpg, ''Colias christophi ''♀ (MHNT) Colias christophi - Tadjikistan Russie - female ventral.jpg, ''Colias christophi ''♀△

Subspecies

*''C. c. christophi'' Kyrgyzstan *''C. c. kali'' Korb, 1999 Tajikistan

References

External links

"''Colias christophi'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1885"
''Russian-Insects.com''. christophi Butterflies described in 1885 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo {{Pieridae-stub