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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