A NEW SPECIES OF COLIAS (LEPIDOPTERA: PIERIDAE) FROM ARCTIC CANADA

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Troubridge, James T., Philip, Kenelm W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Arctic; Canada; Bernard Harbour; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent12215-1; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X0003056X

Abstract A new species, Colias johanseni , is described. This species has male androconia similar to Colias meadii Edwards, 1871, and many palaearctic, neotropical, and ethiopian species, but the wing pattern is generally similar to that of Colias hecla Lefèbvre, 1836. Thus far, it has been found only on dry tundra at Bernard Harbour, N.W.T., Canada.