Colias caucasica balcanica

Colias caucasica balcanica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is the European subspecies of Colias caucasica. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Greece.[2] It used to be considered a distinct species (Colias balcanica).[3]

Balkan Clouded Yellow (Colias caucasica balcanica).

Colias caucasica balcanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. caucasica
Subspecies:
C. c. balcanica
Trinomial name
Colias caucasica balcanica
Rebel, 1901[1]

References
  1. Markku Savela. "Colias". Lepidoptera and some other life forms.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de


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