en Colias caucasica

Balkan clouded yellow
	Colias caucasica caucasica female dorsal side
	Colias caucasica caucasica male ventral side
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. caucasica
Binomial name
	Colias caucasica; Staudinger, 1871
Synonyms
	Colias caucasica anna Gerhard, 1882; Colias caucasica olga Romanoff, 1882; Colias caucasica alba Rühl, [1893];

Colias caucasica, the Balkan clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western Caucasus, in northeastern Turkey, and in the Balkan Peninsula.

Description

Similar to but larger and more deeply orange red than Colias myrmidone, the distal margin being more broadly black; on the underside, which is similar to that of C. myrmidone, the very large central double spot of the hindwing is prominent. The female is mostly yellowish white, rarely orange red, bearing small light submarginal spots.

Biology

The larvae feed on Cytisus and Astragalus caucasicus.

Subspecies

Colias caucasica caucasica
Colias caucasica balcanica Rebel, 1901 - may be a full species (Colias balcanica)

References

^ Markku Savela. "Colias". Lepidoptera and some other life forms.

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[1] Markku Savela. "Colias". Lepidoptera and some other life forms.

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