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.

Mountain clouded yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. phicomone
Binomial name
Colias phicomone
(Esper, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Papilio phicomone Esper, 1780

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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