Colias caucasica
| Balkan clouded yellow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. caucasica |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871[1] | |
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Colias caucasica, the Balkan clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the western Caucasus, and northeastern Turkey
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 as Colias balcanica
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