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.

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

• List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

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.
• Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992): Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005): India - A Lifescape: Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press, Hyderabad, India. ISBN 81-7371-354-5
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A. (1957): Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

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