Nilgiri clouded yellow
| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Colias nilgiriensis (lapsus) | |
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.
See also
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
- Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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