Colias myrmidone
Colias myrmidone | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Coliadini |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. myrmidone |
Binomial name | |
Colias myrmidone Esper, 1780 | |
The Danube Clouded Yellow (Colias myrmidone) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Western Asia, through Southern Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary up to Austria and the Jura mountains near Regensburg in Germany.
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The wingspan is 44–50 mm. The butterfly flies in May and again from July to August in two generations.
The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Chamaecytisus ruthenicus and Chamaecytisus supinus.