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Danube Clouded Yellow

Colias myrmidone

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 54, February 40, March 63, April 98, May 142, June 155, July 166, August 143, September 105, October 78, November 43, December 33.
United States1,119
Alaska1,119
Russia500
Ivanovo Oblast139
Kirov Oblast72
Moscow Oblast68
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast63
Romania36
Chuvashia35
CLUJ30

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Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusClouded Yellows · Colias

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