Photo © by Mario
Maier. Colias australis, June 1993, Großenohe / Bavaria
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Family: Pieridae Subfamily: Coliadinae |
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Description:
This butterfly was only recently recognized as a
different species. It resembles Colias hyale very
closely; only the larvae are readily separable, but the chromosome numbers are identical.
Like the other Colias species, Colias australis never rests with his wings unfolded, so
that photo-pictures of the uppersides of the wings are not possible under normal
circumstances.
Flight period:
Two or three broods from May to October.
Larval host plants:
Hippocrepis comosa.
Red List Germany: 3
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