Colias alfacariensis
         
Berger's Clouded Yellow  
Le Fluoré  
           
  
 
 
   
1] male of Colias alfacariensis - Haute Saône (France) - 06/09/2009
The brims of the forewing are typically rounded (costa and brim at the rear part of the wing) and so is the apex

 		  
2] male - Ain (France) - 24/04/2009
The brim at the rear part of the forewing is more straight compared with that of the specimen shown on picture 1] ;  the grey scales on the hindwing are dense and cover all the surface (especially the area from the base of the wing to the row of submarginal spots)
  
       
       
   
3] male (with an amazing black pigmentation on the eye) alt.806m - Lozère (France) - 01/08/2021

 		   4] same specimen as 3]. The colour of the spot on the hindwing is vivid orange ; this marking is rather large and is not powdered with grey scales, which differs from the aspect in C.hyale, the closest species  
       
       
   
5] male - Var (France) - 19/05/2009
 		   6] male attempting to seduce a female - Haute Saône (France) - 22/08/2009  
       
       
   
7] male during courting - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008
 		   8] same scene as 7] (an unidentified creature took off at the same time, which lead to the dark thing that masked the wing patterns)  
       
       
   
9] male - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008   10] male - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008  
       
       
   
11] male - Jura (France) - 21/08/2008   12] male - Var (France) - 27/04/2011  
       
       
   
13] male - Doubs (France) - 16/09/2008   14] mating pair alt.660m - Aude (France) - 08/05/2021  
       
       
   
15] mating pair (male on the right) - Haute Saône (France) - 19/09/2009   16] same scene as 15] (male on the right)
 		  
       
       
   
17] female of Colias alfacariensis alt.660m - Aude (France) - 28/05/2019   18] female alt.849m - Var (France) - 28/04/2015
 		  
       
       
   
19] female alt.806m - Lozère (France) - 01/08/2021
 		   20] same specimen as 19] ; the aspect of the orange marking is similar to that of the male shown in picture 4]  
       
       
   
21] male and female - Haute Saône (France) - 06/09/2009   22] closer view of female of picture 21]  
       
       
   
23] female - Haute Saône (France) - 19/09/2009   24] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 28/05/2008  
       
       
   
25] female during courting with a male - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008   26] female - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008
 		  
       
       
   
27] female - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   28] female - Var (France) - 29/04/2012  
       
       
   
29] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 03/06/2008   30] female - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008  
       
       
   
31] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 28/08/2008   32] same specimen as 31]  
       
       
   
33] female of Colias alfacariensis teased by a male Colias hyale - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008   34] closer view of the female from the scene 33], showing the vivid orange tint of the spot on the hindwing  
       
       
   
35] same scene as 33] with the male Colias hyale showing its upperside   36] underside of the female from the scene 33]
 		  
       
       
   
37] female - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008
 		   38] same female as 37] laying on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008  
       
       
   
39] female laying on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 19/09/2009   40] egg on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 19/09/2009
 		  
       
       
   
41] female laying on Hippocrepis comosa alt.849m - Var (France) - 28/04/2015   42] close-up of an egg laid by the female from picture 41]
 		  
       
       
   
43] young caterpillar with a dark head and inconspicuous yellow bands on the back - Haute-Saône (France) - 06/04/2010   44] same individual as 43]

 		  
       
       
   
45] caterpillar - Haute-Saône (France) - 17/04/2010   46] same individual as 45]  
       
       
   
47] mature caterpillar - Doubs (France) - 23/04/2010   48] same individual as 47]  
       
       
   
49] mature caterpillar found on Hippocrepis comosa - Var (France) - 08/06/2014   50] young caterpillar found near heads of Hippocrepis comosa in early Spring - Var (France) - 23/03/2014  
       
       
   
51] same caterpillar as 50] 
 		   52] same caterpillar as 50] reared on Hippocrepis comosa - 02/04/2014  
       
       
   
53] same caterpillar as 50], ready to pupate - 07/04/2014   54] newly formed chrysalis - 08/04/2014  
       
       
     
55] same chrysalis as 54] - 10/04/2014      
       
       
       
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