(Esper, 1780)
Danube Clouded Yellow
Description:
The Danube Clouded Yellow occurs in dry, warm grassland where its food plant, the broom Chamaecytisus ratisbonensis is always abundant. However, the amount of shelter from bushes can vary considerably. The female lays her eggs on the food plant, the caterpillars hibernate in the litter layer. It has two to three broods a year.
Habitat:
Dry siliceous grasslands
Dry calcareous grasslands
Mesophile grasslands
Similar species:
Colias chrysotheme
Colias croceus
Colias aurorina
Colias caucasica