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Eastern pale clouded yellow

Colias erate (Esper, [1805] )

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate) is a species in the family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the eastern pale clouded yellow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4.42 cm – 5.65 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
January to November
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Fabaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the eastern pale clouded yellow?

EASTERN PALE CLOUDED YELLOW · WINGSPAN 5.65 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.65 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the eastern pale clouded yellow is about 3.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the eastern pale clouded yellow live?

Not recorded

Is the eastern pale 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 eastern pale clouded yellow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPieridae
  6. genusColias
  7. SpeciesColias erate (Esper, [1805] )

Synonyms Colias erate benesignata, Colias erate kavboitzi, Colias hyale afghana, Colias neriene var. chrysodona, Papilio erate

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • žluťásek tolicovýCzech
  • Østlig Gul HøsommerfuglDanish
  • Steppen-GelblingGerman
  • Colias OrientalSpanish
  • CitrinFrench
  • keleti kéneslepkeHungarian
  • モンキチョウJapanese
  • Oostelijke luzernevlinderDutch
  • szlaczkoń eratePolish
  • Желтушка степнаяRussian
  • žltáčik lucernovýSlovak
  • Doğu AzametiTurkish
  • Жовтюх ЕратоUkrainian
  • 紋黃蝶Chinese
  • Östlicher GelblingGerman
  • Szlaczkon eratePolish
  • 斑緣豆粉蝶Chinese
  • 斑缘豆粉蝶Chinese
  • 黃紋粉蝶Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the eastern pale clouded yellow

Other species in the same genus Colias.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the eastern pale clouded yellow?

An adult eastern pale clouded yellow has a wingspan of 4.42 cm – 5.65 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern pale clouded yellow?

The eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate) 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). Eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-pale-clouded-yellow

MLA

“Eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-pale-clouded-yellow.

BibTeX
@misc{eastern_pale_clouded_yellow_2026,
  title = {Eastern pale clouded yellow (Colias erate)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eastern-pale-clouded-yellow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}