Papilionidae
Pieridae
Coliadinae
Abaeis- Anteos
- Aphrissa
- Catopsilia
- Colias
- C. adelaidae
- C. aegidii
- C. alexandra
- C. alfacariensis
- C. alpherakii
- C. alta
- C. aquilonaris
- C. arida
- C. aurorina
- C. baeckeri
- C. behrii
- C. berylla
- C. boothi
- C. canadensis
- C. caucasica
- C. chippewa
- C. chlorocoma
- C. christina
- C. christophi
- C. chrysotheme
- C. cocandica
- C. croceus
- C. dimera
- C. diva
- C. dubia
- C. electo
- C. eogene
- C. erate
- C. erschoffi
- C. eurytheme
- C. euxanthe
- C. felderi
- C. fieldii
- C. flaveola
- C. gigantea
- C. grumi
- C. harfordii
- C. hecla
- C. heos
aurora- heos
- lambda
- thia
vespera - C. hyale
- C. hyperborea
- C. interior
- C. johanseni
- C. krauthii
- C. lada
- C. ladakensis
- C. leechi
- C. lesbia
- C. marcopolo
- C. meadii
- C. montium
- C. mossi
- C. myrmidone
- C. nastes
- C. nebulosa
- C. nina
- C. occidentalis
- C. palaeno
- C. pelidne
- C. phicomone
- C. philodice
- C. ponteni
- C. pseudochristina
- C. regia
- C. romanovi
- C. sagartia
- C. scudderi
- C. shahfuladi
- C. sieversi
- C. sifanica
- C. staudingeri
- C. stoliczkana
- C. tamerlana
- C. thisoa
- C. thrasibulus
- C. thula
- C. tibetana
- C. tyche
- C. vauthierii
- C. verhulsti
- C. viluiensis
- C. weberbaueri
C. wiskotti - Dercas
- Eurema
- Gandaca
- Gonepteryx
- Kricogonia
- Leucidia
- Nathalis
- Phoebis
- Prestonia
- Pyrisitia
- Rhabdodryas
- Teriocolias
- Zerene
- Dismorphiinae
- Pierinae
- Pseudopontiinae
Species
Colias heos (Herbst, 1792)
aurora Esper, 1783
Original Description
P.[apilio] Dan.[aus] Cand.[idus] aurora Esper, 1783
Type specimen(s)
Status: Syntype(s)
Specimen data: ST (♂, 1781, leg. Böber, coll. E. J. C. Esper)
Additional information: Like the preceding species, the material was collected by Böber in V.-VII.1781. Localities and itinerary of his journey see pp. 158-159.]
Current depository: ZSSM, Munich ?
Type locality
Type locality as cited in original description: "ein sibirisches Produkt [...] von Nertschink"
Current country: Russia
Taxonomic history
Originally described as P.[apilio] Dan.[aus] Cand.[idus] aurora Esper, 1783
Treated as a synonym of Colias myrmidone by Werneburg (1865: 275-282). Treated as a species distinct from Colias myrmidone by Staudinger (1865: 49-50).
Treated as a synonym of Colias myrmidone by Werneburg (1865: 275-282). Treated as a species distinct from Colias myrmidone by Staudinger (1865: 49-50).
Remarks
Date after Heppner (1982): text and plate 1783. Permanently invalid as a junior primary homonym of Papilio aurora Cramer, 1780. The name heos Herbst, 1792 is available as a subjective replacement name (Hemming, 1934: 194).