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Colias flaveola

Colias flaveola


Family: Pieridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Colias flaveola is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Tropical Andes subregion of the Neotropical realm.

 Colias flaveola is pale orange yellow in the female, in the rather broad dark distal margin of the forewing are placed four large yellowish-white subapical spots, the under surface has dull sulphur-yellow ground colour. Deeper orange-yellow coloured female specimens are common.

Subspecies: 
  • C. f. flaveola Chile
  • C. f. weberbaueri Strand, 1912 Peru, Bolivia
  • C. f. mossi Rothschild, 1913 Peru
  • C. f. blameyi Jörgensen, 1916 Argentina
  • C. f. mendozina Breyer, 1939 Argentina
  • C. f. erika Lamas, 1981 Peru


Taxonomy: Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas.

Source: Wikipedia, article Colias flaveola. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 530441
  Adult

Abra Pampa
Jujuy
Argentina
05/09/2015
Carlos Agulian
Foto
Photography ID: 436891
  Adult

Reserva de Biosfera San Guillermo
San Juan
Argentina
03/05/2021
Silvio Montani
Foto
Photography ID: 331949
  Adult

El Infiernillo
Tucumán
Argentina
05/08/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 203608
  Adult

Tunuyan
Mendoza
Argentina
04/30/2017
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 15035
♂ ♀
  Adult

Aconquija (Las Estancias)
Catamarca
Argentina
08/20/2012
Miguel Andina



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
137844805/03/2021ArgentinaSan JuanReserva de Biosfera San GuillermoSilvio Montani
92343608/05/2019ArgentinaTucumánEl InfiernilloMaria Belén Dri
92245008/05/2019ArgentinaTucumánEl InfiernilloDiego Carus
57694230/04/2017ArgentinaMendozaRefugio Portinari, TunuyanManuel Godoy
174217410/05/2015ArgentinaJujuyMonumento Natural Laguna de los PozuelosCarlos Agulian
174217309/05/2015ArgentinaJujuyAbra PampaCarlos Agulian
11655820/08/2012ArgentinaCatamarcaRuta Nac. 65 . Km 52, Aconquija (Las Estancias)Miguel Andina
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Colias flaveola – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 23/09/2026.