Colias

Belongs within: Pieridae.

Colias, the clouded yellows, is a subcosmopolitan genus of butterflies with larvae feeding on Vicia species and other Papilionaceae. The dark clouded yellow C. croceus is widespread across most of the Holarctic region; in the western part of its range, it breeds in northern Africa and southern Europe, migrating into the northern parts of Europe over summer.

<==Colias Fabricius 1807F55
    |--C. alexandraK09
    |--C. baeckeri Kotzsch 1929F55
    |--C. caesonia [=Zerene caesonia]FS54
    |    |--C. c. caesoniaFS54
    |    `--C. c. centralamericana Röber 1909FS54
    |--C. chlorocomaF55
    |    |--C. c. chlorocomaF55
    |    `--C. c. thatschukovi Bang-Haas 1936F55
    |--C. cleopatraR26
    |--C. cocandicaF55
    |    |--C. c. cocandicaF55
    |    |--C. c. culminicola Kotzsch 1936 [incl. C. cocandica culminicola ab. xantha Kotzsch 1936]F55
    |    `--C. c. tartarica Bang-Haas 1915F55
    |--C. croceus (Fourcroy 1785) (see below for synonymy)F55
    |--C. electoA73
    |--C. electra [incl. C. electra var. edusa]B01
    |--C. eogeneF55
    |    |--C. e. eogeneF55
    |    `--C. e. francesca [incl. C. eogene francesca ab. mahdii Bang-Haas 1936]F55
    |--C. europomone Ochsenheimer 1808B08
    |--C. eurythemeBM76
    |--C. heosF55
    |    |--C. h. heosF55
    |    `--C. h. thia Bang-Haas 1934 [=C. aurora thia]F55
    |--C. hyale (Linnaeus 1760)F55
    |--C. interiorS72
    |--C. myrmidoneP01
    |--C. nastesS72
    |--C. palaenoF55
    |    |--C. p. palaenoF55
    |    |--C. p. aias Fruhstorfer 1903I92
    |    |--C. p. poktussana Bang-Haas 1934F55
    |    `--C. p. sugitanii Esaki 1929I92
    |--C. phicomoneOO90
    |--C. philodiceS72
    |--C. rhamniG20
    |--C. staudingeriF55
    |    |--C. s. staudingeriF55
    |    `--C. s. leechi (see below for synonymy)F55
    `--C. wiskottiF55
         |--C. w. wiskottiF55
         `--C. w. aurea Kotzsch 1937 [incl. C. wiskotti aurea ab. blanda Kotzsch 1937]F55

Colias croceus (Fourcroy 1785) [incl. C. edusa ab. decurtata Kitt 1924, C. croceus f. decurtata, C. croceus f. helice (Hübner 1799)]^F55

Colias staudingeri leechi [incl. C. leechi ab. carnea Bang-Haas 1937, C. leechi ab. flammula Bang-Haas 1937, C. leechi ab. impunctata Bang-Haas 1937, C. leechi ab. nana Bang-Haas 1937]^F55

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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[F55] Franz, E. 1955. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 16). Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 339–367.

[FS54] Franz, E., & H. Schröder. 1954. Tagfalter (Lep. Rhopalocera) aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 75–87.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

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[OO90] Oberthür, C., & R. Oberthür. 1890. Lépidoptères dans les Pyrénées-Orientales. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: cc–cciii.

[P01] Pável, J. 1901. Lepkék [Lepidopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 171–177. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[R26] Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes vol. 5. F.-G. Levrault: Paris.

[S72] Shields, O. 1972. Flower visitation records for butterflies (Lepidoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 48 (3): 189–203.