Kashmir
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. The habitat consists of xerophytic mountains.
It is a highly polymorphous species with a lot of varieties or forms described. Adults are on wing from June to August.''Colias wiskotti'' Russian Insects
The larvae feed on '' Acantolimon'', '' Oxytropis'', and ''
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
*''C. w. wiskotti'' (western Ghissar)
*''C. w. sagina'' Austaut, 1891 (eastern Ghissar, Darvaz)
*''C. w. separata'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1888 (Alaisky Mountains)
*''C. w. aurea'' Kotzsch, 1937 (western Pamirs)
*''C. w. draconis'' Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (western Tian-Shan)
*''C. w. sweadneri'' Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956 (Afghanistan)
Gallery
Image:Colias wiskotti male.JPG, ''C. w. wiskotti'' male
Image:Colias wiskotti female.JPG, ''C. w. wiskotti'' female
Image:Colias wiskotti underside.JPG, ''C. w. wiskotti'' underside
Image:Colias wiskotti separata.JPG, ''C. w. separata''
Image:Colias wiskotti draconis male.JPG, ''C. w. draconis'' male
Image:Colias wiskotti draconis female.JPG, ''C. w. draconis'' female
References
*Grieshuber, J. & Worthy, B., 2006 A revision of ''Colias wiskotti'' Staudinger, 1882, the available names and the type material, with a note on ''Colias alpherakii'' Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). ''Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges.''96: 43-75, 26 figs.