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Colias croceus is one of the most widespread species in Europe. The common clouded yellow's breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East, but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, in good years individuals reaching Scandinavia.
Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 – Greek clouded butterfly or dawn clouded yellow; Colias baeckeri Kotzsch, 1930; Colias behrii W. H. Edwards, 1866 – Behr's sulphur or Sierra green sulfur; Colias berylla Fawcett, 1904 – Everest clouded yellow; Colias canadensis Ferris, 1982 – Canada sulphur; Colias caucasica Staudinger, 1871 ...
Papilio xuthus, the Asian swallowtail, Chinese yellow swallowtail, Japanese Swallowtail, [1] Korean Swallowtail or Xuthus swallowtail, is a yellow-colored, medium to large sized swallowtail butterfly found in northeast Asia, northern Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Japan (from HokkaidÅ to the Yaeyama Islands), Siberia and the Hawaiian Islands. [2]
This is a list of the pierid butterflies of India. It forms part of the full List of butterflies of India. The family Pieridae, or the whites and yellows are a family of butterflies of moderate or small size. The common names refer to the two predominant colours found on the wings of these butterflies along with markings in black.
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
If you come across a white butterfly, consider yourself lucky because they have a significant spiritual meaning; even religions like Islam believe in their luck.
It is a medium-sized butterfly, with a variable wingspan of 48 to 50 mm in Tasmania, [2] and 48 to 55 mm in New Zealand. [3] [4] The upperside of the forewings are dark brown to black toward the outer edges, with three small white patches and a wide, bright yellow bar, and dull red nearer the body. The rear wings are dull red with a black ...
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