SPECIES No. 61: Berger's Clouded Yellow (
Colias alfacariensis)
Discovered on my lunchtime stomping ground in Vitrolles in the South of France in September and October 2014 :
This is no doubt my last discovery of this year. This is a new species for me in 2014. It was probably around before, but this year my eye has only just managed to pick it out from other "
Colias".
Below I have included a selection of male and female
Colias alfacariensis, followed by a couple of Clouded Yellows (
Colias crocea), male and female, just to identify the différences.
Photos taken with a Panasonic FZ150, good news: many calories spent running around !!
Let me know if I've made ID blunders
female Berger's - by transparence, notice the open spot in the submargin of S2 (whereas with female
crocea it is closed in)
same individual
same individual
female crocea form helice (below) flirting with male
alfacariensis (above)
female
crocea form helice (right) flirting with male
alfacariensis (left)
male
alfacariensis female
crocea form helice underside
female
crocea form helice upperside with spot in submargin of S2 closed in
female
crocea not form helice upperside with spot in submargin of S2 closed in
crocea male upperside
I've done what I could this year with an FZ150. I hope this posting provides some insight into
"Colias" for others in a less priviledged situation than me.
So ..... Thanks to Guy and Roger for some ID clues I've gleaned from them - hope I've got it right.
Chris