Robert Pickett Wildlife Photography

Berger's Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias australis

Berger's Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias australis, UK, Male Rare summer visitor, Almost indistinguishable from the Pale Clouded Yellow hyale. This species was not recognised until 1947 when a Belgian entomologist, M. Berger, found that the larvae not only fed on Horseshoe Vetch Hippocrepis, but are totally different in appearance, having a brilliantly coloured pattern in black, yellow and green.

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Berger's Clouded Yellow Butterfly, Colias australis, UK, Male Rare summer visitor, Almost indistinguishable from the Pale Clouded Yellow hyale. This species was not recognised until 1947 when a Belgian entomologist, M. Berger, found that the larvae not only fed on Horseshoe Vetch Hippocrepis, but are totally different in appearance, having a brilliantly coloured pattern in black, yellow and green.