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Mead's Sulphur
Colias meadii
Colias meadii, the Mead's sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae found in North America. Its range includes the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States.
Flight period is from July to August. It inhabits arctic-alpine tundra and rocky slopes, in high mountain areas at or near tree lines.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142775.