Colias phicomone
Colias phicomone, the mountain clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps. It flies at altitudes of 900 to 2800 meters.
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Mountain clouded yellow | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. phicomone |
Binomial name | |
Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780) | |
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The wingspan is 40–50 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Fabaceae species.
Subspecies
- Colias phicomone phicomone (Alps, northern Carpathians, northern Italy)
- Colias phicomone juliana Hospital, 1948 (Cantabria)
- Colias phicomone oberthueri Verity, [1909] (Pyrenees)
- Colias phicomone phila Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Kashmir)
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