Colias myrmidone
| Danube clouded yellow | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. myrmidone
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| Binomial name | |
| Colias myrmidone Esper, 1780
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Colias myrmidone, the Danube clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Western Asia, through Southern Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary up to Austria and the Jura Mountains near Regensburg in Germany.[1]
The wingspan is 44–50 mm. The butterfly flies in May and again from July to August in two generations.[2]
The larvae feed on species of the flowering plant in the genus Chamaecytisus including , and .
References[]
- ^ "Colias myrmidone (Danube Clouded Yellow)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Danube Clouded Yellow Butterfly - Colias myrmidone - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Colias
- Butterflies described in 1780
- Butterflies of Asia
- Butterflies of Europe
- Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
- Pieridae stubs