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Dark clouded yellow

Colias fieldii Ménétriès, 1855

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The dark clouded yellow (Colias fieldii) is a species in the family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the dark clouded yellow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4 cm – 4.9 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
February to December
Larval food plants
Fabaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the dark clouded yellow?

DARK CLOUDED YELLOW · WINGSPAN 4.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.9 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the dark clouded yellow is about 2.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the dark clouded yellow live?

Not recorded

Is the dark clouded yellow endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dark clouded yellow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPieridae
  6. genusColias
  7. SpeciesColias fieldii Ménétriès, 1855

Synonyms Colias xenodice

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • ダイダイモンキチョウJapanese
  • 새연주노랑나비Korean
  • Желтушка ФильдаRussian
  • ผีเสื้อปุยเมฆสีส้มThai
  • 橙黃豆粉蝶Chinese
  • フィールドモンキチョウJapanese
  • 橙黄豆粉蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dark clouded yellow

Other species in the same genus Colias.

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Common questions

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How big is the dark clouded yellow?

An adult dark clouded yellow has a wingspan of 4 cm – 4.9 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dark clouded yellow?

The dark clouded yellow (Colias fieldii) belongs to the family Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark clouded yellow (Colias fieldii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-clouded-yellow

MLA

“Dark clouded yellow (Colias fieldii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-clouded-yellow.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_clouded_yellow_2026,
  title = {Dark clouded yellow (Colias fieldii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-clouded-yellow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}