Colias hyale

Pale Clouded Yellow

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	Colias hyale
Binomial name
*Colias hyale* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia.

References

Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Edn), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
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Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Referenced in the TV show Criminal Minds, Season 1, Episode 22, "The Fisher King - Part I".