LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835
COLIAS Fabricius,1807
Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871
Colias caucasica caucasica Staudinger, 1871
• RANGE . Endemic to the W. Caucasus (the Meskhetian Mts.) and NE. Turkey.
• HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Sparse pine forests at 1,000-1,700 m a.s.l. with an undergrowth of Cytisus, the host plant (Nekrutenko, 1990). Flight period: June-July.
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997