Colias caucasica balcanica

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Colias caucasica balcanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species:
Subspecies:
C. c. balcanica
Trinomial name
Colias caucasica balcanica
Rebel, 1901 [1]

Colias caucasica balcanica is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is the European subspecies of Colias caucasica . It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Greece. [2] It used to be considered a distinct species (Colias balcanica). [3]

Balkan Clouded Yellow (Colias caucasica balcanica). Balkan Clouded Yellow (Colias balcanica).jpg
Balkan Clouded Yellow (Colias caucasica balcanica).

References

  1. Markku Savela. "Colias". Lepidoptera and some other life forms.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de