Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Colias nilagiriensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colias Rank Species | |
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Similar Colias berylla, Colias eogene, Colias arida, Colias montium, Colias tamerlana | ||
The Nilgiri clouded yellow is a small butterfly native to southern India. It belongs to the family Pieridae, wherein it is a member of the "yellows and sulfurs" subfamily Coliadinae.
There is some dispute whether it ought to be included in the eastern pale clouded yellow (C. erate) as a subspecies Colias erate nilagiriensis, or treated as a distinct species Colias nilagiriensis.
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