Berger's Clouded Yellow

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iBerger's Clouded Yellow

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. alfacariensis
Binomial name
Colias alfacariensis
Berger, 1948

The Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. The caterpillar that forms into this butterfly is green with some black spines on the top. As it matures and prepares to pupate it turns yellow in color.