Colias hecla | Lefèbvre, 1836 |
TL: Greenland (900 m.)
Habitat
- Tundra
Similar species
36 - 46 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name English
Hecla Sulphur English
Northern Clouded Yellow Français
Ambré Nederlands
Noordse luzernevlinder Norsk
Mjeltgulvinge Polski
Szlaczkoń hekla Suomeksi
Lapinkeltaperhonen Svenska
Högnordisk höfjäril
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Ericaceae Vaccinium Bilberry Fabaceae Astragalus alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch Fabaceae Hedysarum Sweetvetch Fabaceae Medicago sativa Alfalfa
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- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Colias sulitelma Aurivillius, 1890 Colias groenlandica Lampa, 1893
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of America A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Noctuidae of North America North American Moth Photographers Group Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
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