Colias erate
Eastern pale clouded yellow | |
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C. e. poliographus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Coliadini |
Genus: | Colias |
Species: | C. erate |
Binomial name | |
Colias erate (Esper, 1805) | |
Synonyms | |
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Colias erate, the eastern pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from south-eastern Europe, through Turkey over central Asia up to Japan and Taiwan. South, its range stretches to Somalia and Ethiopia.
The wingspan is 23–26 mm. The butterfly flies in May to September in two generations.
The larvae feed on various Fabaceae species, such as Medicago sativa and Medicago, Trifolium, Onobrychis and Melilotus species.
Subspecies
- C. e. erate (Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kirhizia, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan)
- C. e. amdensis Verity, 1911 (China: Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan)
- C. e. marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884 (Sudan, Ethiopia, south-western Arabia)
- C. e. sinensis Verity, 1911 (Mandschuria, North Korea)
- C. e. formosana Shirôzu, 1955 (Taiwan)
- C. e. lativitta Moore, 1882 (Nepal, northern India)
- C. e. poliographus Motschulsky, 1860 (Mongolia,Japan, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Tian Shan)
- C. e. tomarias Bryk, 1942 (Kuriles)
- C. e. naukratis Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Altai, southern Siberia, Transbaikalia)
- C. e. nilagiriensis C. & R. Felder, 1859 (southern India)
External links
- Russian Insects poliographus Motschulsky, 1860
- www.lepiforum.de - taxonomy and photos
- www.schmetterling-raupe.de
- Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Fauna Europaea
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