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{{Short description|Subfamily of butterflies}}
{{not to be confused with|Coeliadinae}}
<!-- NOTE: For butterflies the British spelling "sulphur" is generally used even in US sources. -->
{{Automatic_taxobox
| name = Coliadinae
| image = Nathalis iole.jpg
| image_caption = Mating dainty sulphurs (''[[Nathalis iole]]'')
| taxon = Coliadinae
| authority = [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1827
| subdivision_ranks = [[Tribe (biology)|Tribe]]s
| subdivision =
*Coliadini
*Euremini
*Goniopterygini
and see [[#Systematics|text]]
}}
[[File:Common Emigrant (Catopsilia pomona) on Canthium coromandelicum W IMG 9093.jpg|thumb|Common emigrant (''[[Catopsilia pomona]]'') in [[Keesara]], [[Rangareddy district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India]]
'''Coliadinae''', the '''sulphurs''' or '''yellows''', are a subfamily of [[butterflies]] with about 300 described [[species]].

There are 36 species in North America, where they range from [[Mexico]] to northern [[Canada]]. In most species, males are easily distinguished from females. For example, in the genera ''[[Colias]]'' and ''[[Gonepteryx]]''), males exhibit brilliant [[UV]] reflections that the females lack.<ref>Lim & Li (2005)</ref>

==Systematics==
The Coliadinae can be arranged in the three traditional [[tribe (biology)|tribe]]s and a [[basal (evolution)|basal]] lineage, with one genus of unclear placement. The [[taxa]]&mdash;including some selected species&mdash;are arranged here in the presumed [[phylogenetic]] sequence, from the most ancient lineages to the most modern ones:<ref>Brower (2006)</ref>{{Failed verification|reason=The source doesn't include tribe statuses|date=October 2021}}

'''Basal lineage'''
* ''[[Kricogonia]]'' <small>Reakirt, 1863</small>
* ''[[Nathalis]]'' <small>Boisduval, [1836]</small>

'''Euremini'''
* ''[[Terias]]'' <small>Swainson, 1821</small>
* ''[[Pyrisitia]]'' <small>Butler, 1870</small>
* ''[[Abaeis]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small>
* ''[[Eurema]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> – grass yellows
* ''[[Leucidia]]'' <small>Doubleday, [1847]</small>
* ''[[Teriocolias]]'' <small>Roeber 1909</small>

'''Goniopterygini'''
* ''[[Dercas]]'' <small>Doubleday, [1847]</small> &ndash; sulphurs
* ''[[Gonepteryx]]'' <small>Leach, [1815]</small> – brimstones

'''Coliadini'''
* ''[[Catopsilia]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> – emigrants
* ''[[Colias]]'' <small>Fabricius, 1807</small> – clouded yellows
* ''[[Zerene]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small>
** ''[[Zerene eurydice]]'' – California dogface butterfly
* ''[[Anteos]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> – angled-sulphurs
* ''[[Aphrissa]]'' <small>Butler, 1873</small>
* ''[[Phoebis]]'' <small>Hübner, [1819]</small>
** ''[[Phoebis sennae]]'' – cloudless sulphur
** ''[[Phoebis avellaneda]]'' – red-splashed sulphur
* ''[[Prestonia (butterfly)|Prestonia]]'' <small>Schaus, 1920</small>
**''[[Prestonia clarki]]'' <small>Schaus, 1920</small>
* ''[[Rhabdodryas]]'' <small>Godman & Salvin, [1889]</small>
**''[[Rhabdodryas trite]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

'''''[[Incertae sedis]]'''''
* ''[[Gandaca]]'' <small>Moore, [1906]</small>
** ''[[Gandaca harina]]'' <small>(Horsfield, [1829])</small> – tree yellow

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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* {{aut|Brower, Andrew V.Z.}} (2006): [[Tree of Life Web Project]] - [http://tolweb.org/Coliadinae/12217/2006.11.16 Coliadinae]. Version of November 16, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2008
* {{aut|Lim, M.L.M. & Li, D.}} (2005): Extreme ultraviolet sexual dimorphism in jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''89'''(3): 397–406. <small>{{doi|10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00704.x}}</small> (HTML abstract)

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[[Category:Coliadinae| ]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William Swainson]]
[[Category:Butterfly subfamilies]]
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