Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (western Siberia, northern China, and Mongolia).
Description It is a large and very dark member of the genus Colias.
Biology The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha
Subspecies C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul) C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia
Taxonomy It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.O. G. Gorbunov, 2012 On the nomenclature of Colias nastes mongola Alphéraky, 1897 and Colias tamerlana Staudinger, 1897 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Entomological Review Volume 92, Issue 5, pp 559-564
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