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''Colias electo'', the African Clouded Yellow or Lucerne Butterfly, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The habitat consists of temperate and montane grasslands.〔(Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Subfamily Coliadinae )〕 The wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Medicago sativa'', ''Trifolium'', ''Vicia'' and ''Robinia pseudoacacia''. ==Subspecies== *''Colias electo electo'' (South Africa, southern Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia) *''Colias electo hecate'' Strecker, 1900 (Angola, southern Zaire, northern Zambia and north-western Malawi) *''Colias electo pseudohecate'' Berger, 1940 (Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia and northern Somalia) *''Colias electo meneliki'' Berger, 1940 (central and northern Ethiopia and Eritrea) *''Colias electo philbyi'' Berger, 1953 (southern and western Arabia) *''Colias electo manengoubensis'' Darge, 1968 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colias electo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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