Colias tamerlana
# Colias tamerlana

Colias tamerlana is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic realm (western Siberia, northern China, and Mongolia).

## Description

It is a large and very dark member of the genus Colias.

## Biology

The larva feeds on Oxytropis oligantha

## Subspecies

* C. t. tamerlana Xinjiang, Kirgizia (eastern Issyk Kul)
* C. t. mongola Alphéraky, 1897 Altai, Sayan
* C. t. sidonia Weiss, 1968 northern Mongolia

## Taxonomy

It was accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas but may be a subspecies of Colias nastes.

