COLIADINAE
(brimstone and cleopatra butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Coliadini
a tribe of butterflies
Tribe 1 subtaxa 3 images 1 ident. refs
Colias
clouded yellows
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images 1 ident. refs
Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone Butterfly
Female (Click to open)Larva (Click to open)Pupa (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Egg (Click to open)Larva (Click to open)Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 44 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyCOLIADINAE (brimstone and cleopatra butterflies)
FamilyPIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

COLIADINAE (brimstone and cleopatra butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COLIADINAE (brimstone and cleopatra butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COLIADINAE (brimstone and cleopatra butterflies)
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