Nilgiri clouded yellow

Nilgiri clouded yellow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colias
Species: C. erate (disputed)
Subspecies: C. (e.) nilagiriensis
Binomial name
Colias (erate) nilagiriensis
C. & R.Felder, 1859
Synonyms

Colias nilgiriensis (lapsus)

The Nilgiri clouded yellow is a small butterfly native to southern India. It belongs to the family Pieridae, wherein it is a member of the "yellows and sulfurs" subfamily Coliadinae.

There is some dispute whether it ought to be included in the eastern pale clouded yellow (C. erate) as a subspecies Colias erate nilagiriensis, or treated as a distinct species Colias nilagiriensis.

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