- Source: Colias electo
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.
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
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 22 f
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Colias electo
- Colias
- Colias mukana
- List of butterflies of Zambia
- List of butterflies of Eritrea
- List of butterflies of Ethiopia
- List of butterflies of Malawi
- Colias erate
- List of butterflies of Sudan and South Sudan
- List of butterflies of Angola
