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Pieridae 77a0429 – 4221.1   Colias skinneri Barnes, 1897

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: skinneri Barnes, 1897 (Colias) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)] ssp. a. skinneri Barnes, 1897 (Colias)  isni (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) (Eurymus)  minisni (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) (Eurymus)  neri (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) (Eurymus) ssp. b. hinchliffi Hammond & McCorkle, 2017 (Colias) ssp. c. curtisi Hammond & McCorkle, 2017 (Colias) Taxonomic Notes: Colias skinneri Barnes, 1897, formerly a subspecies of 4221 Colias pelidne Boisduval & Le Conte, [1830], has been elevated to full species status.

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) Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall, & J.D. Lafontaine, 1998. The Butterflies of Canada. NRC Research Press, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, in association with University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, 280 pp. Species Page at iNaturalist

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