Colias electo fieldi Ménétriés

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 84

32. Colias electo fieldi Ménétriés (Photo 33a, b)

Colias fieldi fieldi Ménétriés, 1855 . Cat. Mus . Petr. Lep. I: 79. Material examined: (9♂♂ 4♀♀). India: PAU, 20.viii.2010, Vijay and P. C. Pathania (5♂ 2♀) , PAU 04.xii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (3♂ 1♀), PAU 13.xii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (1♂ 1♀).

Distribution: Baluchistan to North Punjab, Sikkim, northern Burma, more common in the Western Himalaya. ( Bingham, 1907).

Host plant: Caterpillars feed on Fabaceae , for example vetches (Vicia). While most are thus beneficial by keeping weeds at bay, some occasionally become nuisance pests on crops like alfalfa ( Kunte, 2000) .

XXIV. Genus Eurema Hubner