NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Colias
  Subfamily - Coliadinae
  Family - Pieridae
  Superfamily - Papilionoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Colias alexandra altamont
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra astraea
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra alexandra
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra altiplano
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra apache
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra edwardsii
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra pseudocolumbiensis
      Subspecies - Colias alexandra columbiensis