Colias erate

Eastern pale clouded yellow
C. e. poliographus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Coliadini
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. erate
Binomial name
Colias erate (Esper, 1805)
Synonyms
Papilio erate Esper, 1803 Colias electo ab. kostlani Strand, 1911 Colias erate marnoana f. solilucis Berger, 1953 Colias erate marnoana f. androides Storace, 1956 Colias neriene Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 Colias afghana O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Colias albida Rühl, 1893 Colias androconiata Jachontov, 1910 Colias beckeri Gerhard, 1882 Colias erate edusoides Verity, 1908 Colias erate benesignata Sheljuzhko, 1913 Colias chryseis Röber, 1907 Colias chrysodona Boisduval, 1840 Colias chrysohyaleoides Verity, 1908 Colias chrysopallida Verity, 1908 Colias chrysothemoides Verity, 1908 Colias citronea Mezger, 1932 Colias conjuncta Verity, 1908 Colias costaenigrata Mezger, 1932 Colias diffusa Verity, 1908 Colias flavomaculata Mezger, 1932 Colias garica Verity, 1911 Colias helichta Lederer, 1853 Colias helichta Talbot, 1935 Colias erate erate f. androconiata Jachontov, 1910 Colias hyaleoides Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Colias erate ab. maculigena Avinoff, 1910 Colias pallida Staudinger, 1861 Colias parva Rühl, 1893 Colias semifaillaei Pionneau, 1928 Colias unimaculata Pionneau, 1928 Colias chrysocoma Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 Colias hera Grum-Grshimailo, 1893 Colias erate gigantea Verity, 1911 Colias erate tania Hemming, 1933 Colias glicia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Colias kachgarica Verity, 1911 Colias poliographus Motschulsky, 1860 Colias simoda de l'Orza, 1869 Colias immamis Verity, 1911 Colias murina Fruhstorfer, 1910 Colias napata Fruhstorfer, 1910 Colias pyxagathus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Colias hyale zuzuki Matsumura, 1908 Colias tokotana Bryk, 1942

Colias erate, the eastern pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from south-eastern Europe, through Turkey over central Asia up to Japan and Taiwan. South, its range stretches to Somalia and Ethiopia.

The wingspan is 23–26 mm. The butterfly flies in May to September in two generations.

The larvae feed on various Fabaceae species, such as Medicago sativa and Medicago, Trifolium, Onobrychis and Melilotus species.

Subspecies

• C. e. erate (Ukraine, Turkey, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kirhizia, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan)
• C. e. amdensis Verity, 1911 (China: Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan)
• C. e. marnoana Rogenhofer, 1884 (Sudan, Ethiopia, south-western Arabia)
• C. e. sinensis Verity, 1911 (Mandschuria, North Korea)
• C. e. formosana Shirôzu, 1955 (Taiwan)
• C. e. lativitta Moore, 1882 (Nepal, northern India)
• C. e. poliographus Motschulsky, 1860 (Mongolia,Japan, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin, Tian Shan)
• C. e. tomarias Bryk, 1942 (Kuriles)
• C. e. naukratis Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Altai, southern Siberia, Transbaikalia)
• C. e. nilagiriensis C. & R. Felder, 1859 (southern India)

External links

• Russian Insects poliographus Motschulsky, 1860
• www.lepiforum.de - taxonomy and photos
• www.schmetterling-raupe.de
• Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Fauna Europaea

Feeding on nectar of Rhododendron albrechtii