Clouded Yellow

Colias crocea

Habitat:

Rocky cliff-top headland

Notes:

Updated information from the following reference book:
Butterflies of Britain and Europe - A photographic guide.
ISBN 978-1-4081-0474-3
This is a definitive guide to all 444 species of European butterflies and almost 70 more species found in the Urals and Caucasus.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca 10 years ago

Dark Clouded Yellow

Colias croceus Colias croceus

5 Comments

bayucca 9 years ago

According to faunaeur Colias croceus is the only valid name.
http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php...

Malcolm Wilton-Jones 9 years ago

I have changed the names of this following acquisition of an updated book. The English name is simply Clouded Yellow, Dark Clouded Yellow being used in India. The scientific name in wikipedia is incorrect, it should be C. crocea.
This new book also shows that the Pale Clouded Yellow C. hyale is replaced throughout Iberia by the Berger's Clouded Yellow C. alfacariensis.
I am in the process of correcting all my Iberian spottings. I will also add a reference to this book in the Notes section later.

RiekoS 10 years ago

I like the name :-)

Malcolm Wilton-Jones 10 years ago

Thanks for the update bayucca. I think my book is lacking in information, it only shows a single spot on the hindwing underside for croceus and emphasizes this feature on the Pale (hyale).

bayucca 10 years ago

Cloias hyale is not found in Portugal. I think it is Colias croceus due to the, partly hidden, however, marking on the forewing and hindwing. Very similar and not separatable from Hyale is Alfacariensis, which might be found in Portugal, but due to the same reasons, I would rule out Colias alfacariensis for yours.
Please, verify!