Arctic Sulfur vs Mountain Clouded Yellow

Colias palaeno compared with Colias phicomone

Key Differences

• Arctic Sulfur is Least Concern while Mountain Clouded Yellow is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic Sulfur	Mountain Clouded Yellow
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Arthropoda (節足動物)
Class same	Insecta (昆虫)	Insecta (昆虫)
Order same	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)
Family same	Pieridae	Pieridae
Genus same	Colias	Colias
Species	Colias palaeno	Colias phicomone

Evolutionary Relationship

Arctic Sulfur and Mountain Clouded Yellow share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Colias.

Conservation Status

Arctic Sulfur

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Clouded Yellow

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic Sulfur	Mountain Clouded Yellow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arctic Sulfur

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (24 countries).

Mountain Clouded Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Arctic Sulfur

アークティックサルファー（Colias palaeno）はIUCNレッドリストで最小懸念（LC）に分類されています。生息域全体に広く分布し個体数も豊富で、個体群は安定しており、直ちに保全上の懸念はありません。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

🇦🇹 Austria 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine