Colias palaeno Moorland Clouded Yellow POLAND

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Pieridae, first named by Linnaeus in 1761

Colour: A sexually dimorphic butterfly.

Male: Upperside (recto) of male lemon yellow with blackish brown distal margins, pale-centred dark middle spot to the forewing and light middle pot to the hindwing; fringes red. Underside of forewing pale yellow with white-centred dark middle spot, the costal and distal edges being red; hindwing yellow, strongly dusted with fuscous, the large middle spot being mother-of-pearl colour, and the fringes red.

Female: The female has a white ground colour above, the underside (verso) of the forewing being white proximally, yellow at apex, the hindwing being somewhat paler in the female than in the male..

Size: Wingspan 45-50mm

Comments & Applications: A beautiful bright yellow coloured butterfly, commonly called the Moorland Clouded Yellow. This high altitude species is seldom offered for sale, highly collectable. Also popular with the trade due to its bright colours, ideal for butterfly framing, domes, artwork, photography, interior design, film and reference collections.

Format: SET with wings spread mounted on a pin.

More information: Wikipedia – Captive Breeding