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| Pink-edged sulphur | |
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| Prince Edward County, Ontario | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. interior
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias interior (Scudder, 1862)
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Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is the State Butterfly of Maine.
Description
[edit]The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.
Distribution
[edit]See range map.
Life cycle
[edit]There is one flight between June and August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.
Larval foods
[edit]Adult foods
[edit]References
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Wikispecies has information related to Colias interior.
- Darby, Gene (1958). What is a Butterfly. Chicago: Benefic Press. p. 37.
- "Butterflies and Moths of North America (Pink-edged Sulphur)". Montana State University. Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- Pink-edged Sulphur, Butterflies of Canada
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