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'''''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.<ref name=ATBUT>{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_coliadinae.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae |access-date=2012-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102801/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_coliadinae.doc |archive-date=2014-08-19 | |
'''''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.<ref name=ATBUT>{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_coliadinae.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae |access-date=2012-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102801/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_coliadinae.doc |archive-date=2014-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The [[wingspan]] is {{convert|35|-|40|mm}} for males and {{convert|32|-|40|mm|abbr=on}} for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}</ref> |
The [[wingspan]] is {{convert|35|-|40|mm}} for males and {{convert|32|-|40|mm|abbr=on}} for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.<ref>{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colias |
| Species: | C. electo
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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.[2]
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.[3]
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
- ^ Colias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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