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Lesser clouded yellow

Colias chrysotheme (Esper, 1777)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the lesser clouded yellow

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
4 cm – 4.8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
April to October
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Fabaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the lesser clouded yellow?

LESSER CLOUDED YELLOW · WINGSPAN 4.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.8 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the lesser clouded yellow is about 2.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the lesser clouded yellow live?

Not recorded

Is the lesser 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 lesser clouded yellow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPieridae
  6. genusColias
  7. SpeciesColias chrysotheme (Esper, 1777)

Synonyms Papilio chrysotheme

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • žluťásek úzkolemýCzech
  • Orangegrüner GelblingGerman
  • Colias MenorSpanish
  • orangéFrench
  • dolomit-kéneslepkeHungarian
  • 북방연주노랑나비Korean
  • SteppeluzernevlinderDutch
  • желтушка золотистаяRussian
  • žltáčik kozincovýSlovak
  • Жовтюх ХрисотемідаUkrainian
  • Hellorangegrüner HeufalterGerman
  • Orange-Grüner GelblingGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lesser clouded yellow

Other species in the same genus Colias.

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Common questions

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How big is the lesser clouded yellow?

An adult lesser clouded yellow has a wingspan of 4 cm – 4.8 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the lesser clouded yellow eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the lesser clouded yellow?

The lesser clouded yellow (Colias chrysotheme) 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). Lesser clouded yellow (Colias chrysotheme). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-clouded-yellow

MLA

“Lesser clouded yellow (Colias chrysotheme).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-clouded-yellow.

BibTeX
@misc{lesser_clouded_yellow_2026,
  title = {Lesser clouded yellow (Colias chrysotheme)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-clouded-yellow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}