Colias alexandra

species of butterfly
Taxon taxon Q2100959
Colias alexandra
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Colias alexandra

Summary

Colias alexandra is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Colias alexandra's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Colias alexandra is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Colias alexandra belongs to the parent taxon Colias[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Colias alexandra is Colias alexandra[6].
  • Colias alexandra's Commons category is recorded as Colias alexandra[7].
  • Colias alexandra's short name is recorded as C. alexandra[8].
  • Colias alexandra is commonly known as Queen Alexandra's Sulphur[9].
  • Colias alexandra's wingspan is recorded as {'amount': '+47.5'}[10].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus canadensis[11].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus lentiginosus[12].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Lupinus[13].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Oxytropis lambertii[14].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Hedysarum alpinum[15].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Hedysarum boreale[16].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus douglasii[17].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus miser[18].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Trifolium repens[19].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus eremiticus[20].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Thermopsis rhombifolia[21].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Oxytropis splendens[22].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus trichopodus[23].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus[24].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus bisulcatus[25].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Vicia americana[26].
  • Colias alexandra's has host is recorded as Astragalus crotalariae[27].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Colias alexandra is Colias alexandra[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Colias[5]. It is commonly known as Queen Alexandra's Sulphur[9].

Identifiers

Colias alexandra's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 209721[28]. Colias alexandra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 72246[29]. Colias alexandra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 175511[30]. Colias alexandra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5137674[31]. Colias alexandra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777737[32].

Why It Matters

Colias alexandra ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has host Astragalus canadensis, Astragalus lentiginosus, Lupinus +21
    Instance of
    Instance of taxon
    Wingspan {'amount': '+47.5'}
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3064]]: 174594, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
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