Biology:Coliadinae

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Short description: Subfamily of butterflies

Coliadinae
Nathalis iole.jpg
Mating dainty sulphurs (Nathalis iole)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
Swainson, 1827
Tribes
  • Coliadini
  • Euremini
  • Goniopterygini

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Common emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) in Keesara, Rangareddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Coliadinae, the sulphurs or yellows, are a subfamily of butterflies with about 300 described species.

There are 36 species in North America, where they range from Mexico to northern Canada . In most species, males are easily distinguished from females. For example, in the genera Colias and Gonepteryx), males exhibit brilliant UV reflections that the females lack.[1]

Systematics

The Coliadinae can be arranged in the three traditional tribes and a basal lineage, with one genus of unclear placement. The taxa—including some selected species—are arranged here in the presumed phylogenetic sequence, from the most ancient lineages to the most modern ones:[2][failed verification]

Basal lineage

Euremini

  • Terias Swainson, 1821
  • Pyrisitia Butler, 1870
  • Abaeis Hübner, [1819]
  • Eurema Hübner, [1819] – grass yellows
  • Leucidia Doubleday, [1847]
  • Teriocolias Roeber 1909

Goniopterygini

Coliadini

Incertae sedis

Footnotes

  1. Lim & Li (2005)
  2. Brower (2006)

References

  • Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2006): Tree of Life Web Project - Coliadinae. Version of November 16, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2008
  • Lim, M.L.M. & Li, D. (2005): Extreme ultraviolet sexual dimorphism in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89(3): 397–406. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00704.x (HTML abstract)

Wikidata ☰ Q164449 entry