High mountains, pale colouration. |
Not pictured.
Like phicomone, but smaller and less marked. Northern Scandinavia only. |
Not pictured Bright yellow with unbroken black borders. Eastern half of Europe, and north. |
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Like crocea, smaller with black border crossed by yellow veins and greenish costal colouration. Austria and east. |
| Colias phicomone
Mountain Clouded Yellow |
Colias nastes
Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow |
Colias palaeno
Moorland Clouded Yellow |
Colias chrysotheme
Lesser Clouded Yellow |
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Not pictured Very dark orange, purplish sheen to upperside. Greece/Turkey |
Not pictured Upperside dark orange, continuous black borders, small forewing spot. Eastern Europe |
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Orange yellow, black band crossed by veins. Small white centered black mark in cell of forewing. Northern Scandinavia |
Male (above) yellow, female (below) pale. No black border on upperside hindwing.
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| Colias aurorina
Greek Clouded Yellow |
Colias myrmidons
Danube Clouded Yellow |
Colias hecla
Northern Clouded Yellow |
Colias hyale
Pale Clouded Yellow |
The most widespread Colias species, dark yellow uppers with a continuous heavy black border. The form helice below occurs regularly and is similar to female hyale and alfacariensis.
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Not pictured.
Upperside dark orange, continuous black borders, small forewing spot. Local in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia only. |
Like hyale, female pale, generally brighter lemon yellow colour. Caterpillars distinctive! |
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Like hyale with better defined hindwing black margin. |
| Colias crocea
Clouded Yellow |
Colias caucasica
Balkan Clouded Yellow |
Colias alfacariensis
Berger's Clouded Yellow |
Colias erate
Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow |
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