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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pieridae 77a0415 – 4222   Colias gigantea Strecker, 1900

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: gigantea Strecker, 1900 (Colias) - MONA 1983: 4222 ssp. a. inupiat Harry, 2007 (Colias) ssp. b. gigantea Strecker, 1900 (Colias) - MONA 1983: 4222  pelidneides Staudinger, 1901 (Colias) ssp. c. mayi Chermock & Chermock, 1940 (Colias)  marjorie Chermock & Chermock, 1940 (Colias)  nortepacifica Hammond & McCorkle, 2008 (Colias) ssp. d. harroweri Klots, 1940 (Colias)  gracemma Hammond & McCorkle, 2008 (Colias)  kohleri Hammond & McCorkle, 2008 (Colias)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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