MCZ Entomology 191978

Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1832

Paralectotype of Colias occidentalis  
  Syntype of Colias occidentalis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: Canada: British Columbia | Gulf of Georgia

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:191978 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 191978

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Current Identification
Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1832
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Pieridae Coliadinae
Common Name(s): Orange Sulphur; alfalfa caterpillar; coliade de la luzerne
Determiner: Rachel L. Hawkins SipeORCID iD icon
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Colias philodice occidentalis Scudder, 1862
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Pieridae Coliadinae
Determiner: Vladimir Nabokov
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: C. philodice occidentalis Scud.
Colias occidentalis Scudder, 1862
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Pieridae Coliadinae
Common Name(s): Western Sulphur
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Colias eurytheme fo. alba Boisduval, 1832
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Pieridae Coliadinae
Determiner: Clifford D. Ferris on 1986-01-31
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: This specimen is Colias eurytheme Bdv. ♀ f. "alba".

Scudder 1862, page 109, Syntype of Colias occidentalis Scudder, 1862
Barnes and McDunnough 1916, page 66, Paralectotype of Colias occidentalis Scudder, 1862 Status implied by lectotype designation: "...we believe we are justified in restricting the type of this species to the ♂ specimen in Cambridge from Port Townsend, Gulf of Georgia (Agassiz), which fully agrees with S
Ferris 1988, page 17, Voucher of Colias eurytheme fo. alba Boisduval, 1832 "Two cotypes bear the same MCZ type number. The ♀, however, is an "alba" form of C. eurytheme Boisduval."
Media type: text; Scudder 1862 Description: Scudder (1862), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 9:103-111;

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Shows Publication: Scudder 1862 Description: Scudder (1862), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 9:103-111

Media type: text; Barnes and McDunnough 1916 Description: Barnes & McDunnough (1916), Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Am. 4(2):61-208;

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Shows Publication: Barnes and McDunnough 1916 Description: Barnes & McDunnough (1916), Contr. Nat. Hist. Lepid. N. Am. 4(2):61-208

  • type number: 16603

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) unknown in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe
age class adult By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

  • None

  • Paralectotype Jan.-Jun. 2001 MCZ Image Database; specimen of occidentalis lent to Chermock 18-IV-1945

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Canada
  • State/Province:
  • British Columbia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005735 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Gulf of Georgia
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Gulf of Georgia A. Agassiz
  • Georeference:
  • 49.0000000°, -123.33333° (Error radius: 202200m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-07-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Alexander Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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