Species of butterfly
| Dimera sulphur
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| Dorsal surface (left) and ventral surface (right) of adult male
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Pieridae
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| Genus:
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Colias
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| Species:
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C. dimera
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| Binomial name
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Colias dimera
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| Synonyms
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- C. erythrogrammus Kollar, 1850
- C. erythrogramma Kollar, 1850
- C. dimera ab. semperi Strecker, 1873
- C. dimera ab. meridensis Neuburger, 1905
- C. dimera mariae Apolinar, 1914
- C. dimera var. fassli Apolinar, 1914
- C. tolima Fassl, 1915
- C. dimera f. andromorpha Fernández, 1928
- C. dimera f. superba Berger, 1937
- C. dimera f. alba Berger, 1937
- C. minuscula f. peruviensis Dufrane, 1947
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Colias dimera, the Dimera sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Tropical Andes subregion of the Neotropical realm (Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador).[1] The species was first discovered in Colombia. It is the most abundant butterfly in the interior of Ecuador.
The wingspan is 35–40 mm (1.4–1.6 in).[2]
References
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Colias dimera copulating
