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Berger's Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Colias alfacariensis

Habitat:

Airfield, stony ground, high moorland with scattered bushes and trees.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis Berger's Clouded Yellow - Colias alfacariensis | Observado.org


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4 Comments

Since I know virtually nothing of Butterflies I have to rely on you guys. Thanks for the help.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Looks perfect to me bayucca, as per usual! :-)

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Already checked ;-)...

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Tricky and interesting one!! In my eyes it must be a Colias alfacariensis, but I am not very happy with the dark margin of the hindwing, although I know that Colias sp. and Colias alfacariensis are very variable. It is a female for sure. Need anyway verifying. To my knowledge Colias hyale is not found in Castilla y Leon, and you can not separate Hylae and Alfacariensis from a picture, not even exactly with DNA. I didn't found another Colias sp. which looks like yours and is within your range. What do you think??

Santo Tomé del Puerto, Castilla y León, Spain

Spotted on Jul 16, 2012
Submitted on Nov 12, 2012

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