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3 Records
Status
The Pink-edged Sulphur (Colias interior) is a widespread boreal species, occurring primarily north of this region. In Maryland, the species is only known from high elevations of the Allegheny Plateau in Garrett Co., where it favors bogs and heaths where its host plant grows. This species also occurs as a relict population at high elevations in the Dolly Sods region of West Virginia (Butterflies of Maryland: A Biological Summary and Checklist by Lynn Davidson & Richard Smith; Brock & Kaufman 2003; Allen 1997). It is ranked as S1 (highly state rare) in Maryland.
Relationships
This species uses velvetleaf blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides) or other Vaccinium as a host plant.
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Source: Wikipedia
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| Prince Edward County, Ontario | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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- 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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