Colias phicomone

Mountain clouded yellow

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Coliadini
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. phicomone
Binomial name
*Colias phicomone* (Esper, 1780)
Synonyms
Papilio phicomone Esper, 1780 Colias phicomone f. unimaculata Vorbrodt, 1917 Colias phicomone r. alpiumnitida Verity, 1926 Colias anticopupillata Verity, 1947 Colias bipupillata Mezger, 1932 Colias blachieri Culot, 1909 Colias derosea Wagner, 1926 Colias elegans Schultz, 1904 Colias fasciata Ronnicke, 1920 Colias flavida Osthelder, 1913 Colias flava Osthelder, 1925 Colias phicomone f. fleischmanni Stauder, 1924 Colias phicomone ab. geesti Neuburger, 1905 Colias gynomorpha Verity, 1911 Colias albidior Ronnicke, 1920 Colias hyalides Verity, 1911 Colias incompleta Mezger, 1934 Colias lanceolata Verity, 1947 Colias obscura Ronnicke, 1920 Colias pallida Hoffmann & Klos, 1914 Colias passa Verity, 1911 Colias phicomone periphaes Fruhstorfer, 1908 Colias phaedra Schawerda, 1924 Colias porrecta Heinrich, 1930 Colias privata Ronnicke, 1920 Colias phicomone r. pulverulenta Verity, 1926 Colias pupillata Refhous, 1909 Colias pupillata Ronnicke, 1920 Colias unimaculata Pionneau, 1924 Colias phicomone var. saturata Austaut, 1905 Colias theia Schawerda, 1919 Colias phicomone juliana Hospital, 1948 Colias impunctata Verity, [1909]

Colias phicomone, the mountain clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps. It flies at altitudes of 900 to 2800 meters.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Fabaceae species.

Subspecies

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