''Colias fieldii'' , the dark clouded yellow, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Pieridae
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. It is found in southern
Iran
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,
India
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, southern
China
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,
Indochina
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, and
Ussuri
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.
Biology
The larvae feed on species.
Subspecies
*''C. f. fieldii'' Yunnan, India
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*''C. f. chinensis'' Verity, 1909 S.Ussuri
Taxonomy
Accepted as a species by Josef Grieshuber & Gerardo Lamas
Description
Charles Thomas Bingham (1907) gives a detailed description:
Gallery
File:Colias fieldii male 01 ventral side ZSM.jpg, Ventral view (male)
File:Colias fieldii male 01 dorsal side ZSM.jpg, Dorsal view (male)
File:Colias fieldii male 01 ventral side MNHU.jpg, Ventral view (male)
File:Colias fieldii male 01 dorsal side MNHU.jpg, Dorsal view (male)
File:Dark Clouded Yellow Namchi South Sikkim 2010 04 11 IMG 3234 (4622722697).jpg, from South sikkim
File:Close wing nectaring of Colias fieldii Ménétriés, 1855 – Dark Clouded Yellow on Bidens pilosa.jpg
References
Butterflies described in 1855
fieldii
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
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