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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colias interior, the pink-edged sulphur, is a species of North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is the State Butterfly of Maine.
| Pink-edged sulphur | |
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| Prince Edward County, Ontario | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. interior |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias interior (Scudder, 1862) | |
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The wingspan for this butterfly is 39 to 66 mm.
See range map.
There is one flight between June and August. The adult female lays eggs on blueberry plants.
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