Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Colias sareptensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colias Rank Species | |
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Similar Colias hyale, Colias, Colias croceus, Leptidea sinapis, Leptidea | ||
Colias sareptensis, Berger's clouded yellow, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It was separated from the pale clouded yellow, C. hyale, in 1945. Berger's clouded yellow is a Palearctic species (South and Central Europe, South Russia, Russian Far East, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Middle Asia China).
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Biology
The food plants are horseshoe vetch (Hippocrepis comosa) and crown vetch (Coronilla varia). The caterpillar that forms into this butterfly is green with some black spines on the top. As it matures and prepares to pupate it turns yellow in color.
Migration
This species is a rare vagrant to Britain and Denmark.
Subspecies
References
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