Colias myrmidone

Colias myrmidone
Colias myrmidone
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Coliadini
Genus: Colias
Species: C. myrmidone
Binomial name
Colias myrmidone
Esper, 1780

The Danube Clouded Yellow (Colias myrmidone) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Western Asia, through Southern Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary up to Austria and the Jura mountains near Regensburg in Germany.

Colias myrmidone, orig. figure from Esper, -1777-, pl. 65.jpeg

The wingspan is 44-50 mm. The butterfly flies in May and again from July to August in two generations.

The larvae feed on Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis, Chamaecytisus ruthenicus and Chamaecytisus supinus.

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