Colias croceus

Clouded yellow
Male. Underside
Female
both, Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
C. croceus
Binomial name
Colias croceus
(Geoffroy, 1785)
Synonyms
List
  • Colias croceus f. deserticola Verity, 1909
  • Colias croceus f. helice
  • Colias croceus f. helicina Oberthür, 1880
  • Colias croceus f. mediterranea Stauder, 1913
  • Colias edusa (Fabricius, 1787) (non Fabricius, 1777: preoccupied)
  • Colias edusa f. obsoleta Grüber, 1929
  • Papilio croceus Fourcroy, 1785
  • Papilio edusa Fabricius, 1787 (non Fabricius, 1777: preoccupied)

Colias croceus, clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites.

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