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Parameters of the wing coloration in the butterfly genus Colias Fabr. (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) of the steppe zone of eastern and Central Europe

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On the basis of reflection measurements and colorimetric characteristics, the parameters of wing coloration for six European species of the genus Colias are established. The specificity of individual species and differentiation between the species according to the quantitative indices for wing coloration are revealed.

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    K. K. Goloborod’ko & V. S. Fedenko

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Original Russian Text © K.K. Goloborod’ko, V.S. Fedenko, 2007, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp. 742–749.

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Goloborod’ko, K.K., Fedenko, V.S. Parameters of the wing coloration in the butterfly genus Colias Fabr. (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) of the steppe zone of eastern and Central Europe. Entmol. Rev. 87, 1109–1114 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873807090023

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