Colias poliographus Motschulsky, 1861

Huang, Hao & Song, Kui, 2022, A review of the genus Colias Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from Qinghai with descriptions of a new subspecies of Colias thrasibulus Fruhstorfer, 1910, Zootaxa 5105 (4), pp. 451-489 : 457

Colias poliographus Motschulsky, 1861

( Figs. 9 , 42–43 , 45–46 , 48 –50)

Colias poliographuus Motschulsky, 1861: 9 (TL: Japan, no detail)

Material examined. CHINA: Qinghai: 12 ♂♂ & 7 ♀♀ ( CSK) from Huangzhong (Shangxinzhuang; Shuangzhai village ), Hualong (Chapu), Qilian (Babao) and the road across Lajishan. More than 23 specimens ( CHH) from various localities in Shandong, Beijing, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and SE. Tibet.

Flight period. Early June to early August in Qinghai.

Altitude. 2400–2900m in Qinghai .

Distributional notes. The eastern end of the distribution of C. erate (Esper, [1805]) in Tibetan limit seems to be at Jilong, SC. Tibet. A few specimens of C. erate were collected by the senior author from a locality at Jilong Town (28.3937N, 85.3602E), with male upper side borders not spotted. C. poliographus is commonly seen in SE. Tibet. But no specimen of either species has been collected from the areas of Nielamu, Yadong and Cuona. In the Himalayan areas, C. erate is recorded from Nepal and C. poliographus from E. Bhutan ( Grieshuber et al. 2012; Grieshuber 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 42. ♂ genitalia and 8th tergum (with superuncus) in lateral view at same scale. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 43. 8th tergum in dorsal view at same scale to show superuncus. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 45. ♂ genitalia in dorsal view at same scale. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 46. Ring in lateral view and scaphium in ventral view at same scale. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 48. Phallus in lateral view and coecum-process in full-face view at same scale. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 8–13. Habitus of Colias taxa ♂♂ & ♀♀ at same scale (Upper half- upper side; lower half- underside). 8—Colias fieldii chinensis; 9—Colias poliographus; 10—Colias montium; 11—Colias lada; 12—Colias adelaidae adelaidae; 13—Colias grumi. Scale bar = 1 cm.