''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
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...
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.
(MHNT) Colias Phicomone - Pic d'Aneto Espagne - male dorsal.jpg, ''Colias phicomone'' ♂
(MHNT) Colias Phicomone - Pic d'Aneto Espagne - male ventral.jpg, ''Colias phicomone'' ♂ △
(MHNT) Colias Phicomone - Sestriere Italia - female dorsal.jpg, ''Colias phicomone'' ♀
(MHNT) Colias Phicomone - Sestriere Italia - female ventral.jpg, ''Colias phicomone'' ♂ △
The larvae feed on ''
'' species.
Subspecies
*''Colias phicomone phicomone'' (Alps, northern Carpathians, northern Italy)
*''Colias phicomone juliana''
Hospital, 1948 (Cantabria)
*''Colias phicomone oberthueri''
Verity, 909/small> (Pyrenees)
*''Colias phicomone phila'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Kashmir)
External links
Butterflies of Europa
phicomone
Near threatened animals
Butterflies of Europe
Butterflies described in 1780
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