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Colias electo

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Colias electo, the African clouded yellow or lucerne butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The habitat consists of temperate and montane grasslands.[2]

The wingspan is 35–40 millimetres (1.4–1.6 in) for males and 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Medicago sativa, Trifolium, Vicia and Robinia pseudoacacia.

Subspecies

  • C. e. electo (South Africa, southern Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia)
  • C. e. hecate Strecker, 1900 (Angola, southern Zaire, northern Zambia and north-western Malawi)
  • C. e. pseudohecate Berger, 1940 (Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia and northern Somalia)
  • C. e. meneliki Berger, 1940 (central and northern Ethiopia and Eritrea)
  • C. e. philbyi Berger, 1953 (southern and western Arabia)
  • C. e. manengoubensis Darge, 1968 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)

References

  1. ^ Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
  3. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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Colias electo: Brief Summary

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Colias electo, the African clouded yellow or lucerne butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The habitat consists of temperate and montane grasslands.

The wingspan is 35–40 millimetres (1.4–1.6 in) for males and 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.

The larvae feed on Medicago sativa, Trifolium, Vicia and Robinia pseudoacacia.

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