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The Booth's Sulphur or Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow (''Colias tyche'') is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Baffin Island west along the Hudson Bay and arctic coasts of the Nunavut and Northwest Territories mainland and the southern tier of Arctic Islands to northern Yukon, Alaska, and Eurasia.〔 The wingspan is 28–43 mm.〔 The butterfly flies in June to August depending on the location.〔(Booth's Sulphur ), Butterflies of Canada〕 The larvae feed on legume species. ==Subspecies== *''Colias tyche tyche'' (northern Eurasia) *''Colias tyche relicta'' Kurentzov, 1970 (Chukot Peninsula, Far East) *''Colias tyche werdandi'' Zetterstedt, 1839 (northern Europe) *''Colias tyche magadanica'' Churkin, Grieshuber, Bogdanov & Zamolodchikov, 2001 (Magadan) *''Colias tyche flinti'' Churkin, Grieshuber, Bogdanov & Zamolodchikov, 2001 (Wrangel Island) *''Colias tyche olga'' Churkin, Grieshuber, Bogdanov & Zamolodchikov, 2001 (East Chukotka) *''Colias tyche boothii'' Curtis, 1835 (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Baffin Island, Victoria Island, Banks Island, Alaska) *''Colias tyche thula'' Hovanitz, 1955 (Alaska and in Canada on Banks, Victoria and Melville Islands) may be a full species. Both of the Nearctic subspecies ''Colias tyche boothii'' (Booth's Sulphur) and ''Colias tyche thula'' (Thula Sulphur) are treated as valid species by some authors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colias tyche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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