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Pale Clouded Yellow

Colias erate

Description:

An average-sized butterfly, quite bright and restless, it hardly stayed at a spot. I at first thought it to be an Indian Cabbage White, but looks different at a closer range.

Habitat:

Garden of the hotel we had put up at Leh. There were only green grass of early spring, that too maintained by daily watering - and no flowering plants. Other plants were short pruned willow as hedge running along the walkway. Altitude: about 12,000 ft.

Notes:

In that brief morning bright sun I spotted this pretty butterfly hovering around at the hotel garden and I couln't resist but on all fours dive for it (later in the evening other doctors were asking me why I was lying down on the garden in full suite and tie?). Managed to get three quick shots, that's all I was bothered about!

1 Species ID Suggestions

IrinaSh
IrinaSh 8 years ago
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias erate Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow - Colias erate - Maps


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5 Comments

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks Irina for the ID and ref. Will edit soon.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks Jae for liking it. Butterfly at 12,000 ft? Till date I got only this!

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks Irina.

DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 8 years ago

Thanks Marta for liking it. You've changed!

DrNamgyalTSherpa
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DrNamgyalTSherpa

Jammu and Kashmir, India

Spotted on Apr 24, 2015
Submitted on May 3, 2015

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