Colias palaeno

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Moorland Clouded Yellow

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. palaeno
Binomial name
Colias palaeno
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. As most Colias-species, it is an avid flyer. Though the species is normally restricted to the habitats, occasionally it is found far from suitable breeding grounds. The larva is found on Vaccinium uliginosum.