Nilgiri Clouded Yellow

Nilgiri Clouded Yellow
Nilgiri Clouded Yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. erate (disputed)
Subspecies: C. (e.) nilagiriensis
Binomial name
Colias (erate) nilagiriensis
C. & R.Felder, 1859
Synonyms

Colias nilgiriensis (lapsus)

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.

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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.[citation needed]

See also

References

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996): Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India & Natural History Museum, London, UK.
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