High mountains, pale colouration.
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Not pictured.
Like phicomone, but smaller and
less marked.
Northern Scandinavia only.
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Not pictured
Bright yellow with unbroken black
borders.
Eastern half of Europe, and north.
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Not pictured
Like crocea, smaller with black
border crossed by yellow veins and greenish costal colouration.
Austria and east.
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Colias phicomone
Mountain Clouded Yellow |
Colias nastes
Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow |
Colias palaeno
Moorland Clouded Yellow |
Colias chrysotheme
Lesser Clouded Yellow |
Not pictured
Very dark orange, purplish sheen to
upperside.
Greece/Turkey
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Not pictured
Upperside dark orange, continuous black
borders, small forewing spot.
Eastern Europe
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Not pictured
Orange yellow, black band crossed by
veins. Small white centered black mark in cell of forewing.
Northern Scandinavia
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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.
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Like hyale, female pale, generally
brighter lemon yellow colour. Caterpillars distinctive!
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Not pictured
Like hyale with better defined
hindwing black margin.
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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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