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Colias phicomone (Mountain Clouded Yellow)

Synonyms: Colias phicomone oberthueri; Colias phicomone phicomone; Papilio phicomone (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colias phicomone, the mountain clouded yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps. It flies at altitudes of 900 to 2800 meters. The wingspan is 40–50 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on Fabaceae species.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alpi Marittime 83205 Italy  
Alte Valli Stura e Maira 103806 Italy  
Gruppo del Monviso e Bosco dell'Alevè 17871 Italy  
Val Formazza 54914 Italy  
Val Troncea 25032 Italy  

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0