''Colias pelidne'', the pelidne sulphur or blueberry sulphur, 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 ...

found in North America. Its range includes

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across

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as far east as

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and south to

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, and

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.Pelidne Sulphur
Butterflies of Canada Flight period is from late June until early August. It inhabits tundra and mountains at altitudes of . Wingspan is from 33 to 44 mm. Larvae feed on '' Vaccinium'' spp. and ''

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''.''Colias''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Adults feed on flower nectar.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically. *''C. c. pelidne'' *''C. p. skinneri'' Barnes, 1897 *''C. p. minisni'' Bean, 1895 forma? accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas

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''C. pelidne skinneri'' images

''C. pelidne pelidne'' images pelidne Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1829 {{pieridae-stub