| Nilgiri Clouded Yellow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. erate (disputed) |
| Subspecies: | C. (e.) nilagiriensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Colias (erate) nilagiriensis C. & R.Felder, 1859 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Colias nilgiriensis (lapsus) |
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The Nilgiri Clouded Yellow is a small butterfly native to southern India. It belongs to the family Pieridae, wherein it is a member of the "yellows and sulfurs" subfamily Coliadinae.
There is some dispute whether it ought to be included in the Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow (C. erate) as a subspecies Colias erate nilagiriensis, or treated as a distinct species Colias nilagiriensis.