Bergers Clouded Yellow

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 .
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Naming

*''C. s. sareptensis''
⤷ ''C. s. vihorlatensis'' Reissinger, 1989 – Carpathians
⤷ ''C. s. remota'' Reissinger, 1989 – S. Europe, Caucaus
⤷ ''C. s. fontainei'' Reissinger, 1989 – Armenia, Talysh, Kopet-Dagh
⤷ ''C. s. saissanica'' Reissinger, 1989 – S. E. Kazakhstan
Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias sareptensis) Puechabon, Francce. Sep 7, 2016. Bergers Clouded Yellow,Colias sareptensis,France,Geotagged,Summer

Behavior

The food plants are Horseshoe Vetch and Crown Vetch . 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 is species is a rare vagrant to Britain and Denmark.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusColias
SpeciesC. sareptensis
Photographed in
Bulgaria
France