Lesser Clouded Yellow (Colias chrysotheme)
| Family | Pieridae |
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| Subfamily | Coliadinae |
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| Genus | Colias |
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| Species | chrysotheme |
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| Authority | (Esper, [1781]) |
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| English Name | Lesser Clouded Yellow |
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| European Red List 2010 | Vulnerable (VU) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Vulnerable (VU) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Endangered (EN) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Endangered (EN) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
The Lesser Clouded Yellow is found on open, dry, steppe-like grassland and rocky slopes. Its main
foodplant is the Milk-vetch (Astragalus austriacus), but Milk-vetch (A. glycyphyllos) and vetches (Vicia
spp.) are also used. This species has three to four broods a year and hibernates as a caterpillar.
Distribution
Austria / Czechia (Regionally Extinct) / Hungary / Moldova / Netherlands (Irregular Vagrant) / Romania / European Russia / Slovakia / Ukraine /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Astragalus | austriacus | | |
| 2 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Astragalus | onobrychis | | |
| 3 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Trigonella | caerulea | Blue Fenugreek | |
| 4 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Vicia | cracca | Tufted Vetch | |
| 5 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Vicia | hirsuta | | |
| 6 | Fabales | Fabaceae | Vicia | lathyroides | Spring Vetch | |
