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Colias mendozina Breyer, 1939

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Colias flaveola mendozina Breyer, 1939

 

Conservation Status

Last record: c.1900

Rediscovered in 1989

 

Distribution

Argentina

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Breyer, A. (1939). Über die Argentinischen Pieriden (Lep. Rhop.). VII International Congress of Entomology, Berlin (I): 26-55. 

 

Other references:

Grieshuber, Josef and Lamas, Gerardo. (2007). A Synonymic List of the Genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 97: 131-171.

Kir’yanov, Alexander V. (2018). A primary insight into the molecular phylogeny of Colias FABRICIUS, 1807 (Pieridae, Coliadinae) complex of South America. arXiv preprint. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.02869v2

Shapiro, Arthur M. (1992). Why Are There So Few Butterflies In The High Andes? Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31(1-2): 35-56.

 

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