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 (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (절지동물)	Arthropoda (절지동물)
Class same	Insecta (곤충)	Insecta (곤충)
Order same	Lepidoptera (나비목)	Lepidoptera (나비목)
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

북극황나비(Colias palaeno)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 최소관심(LC)으로 분류됩니다. 서식 범위 전역에 걸쳐 널리 분포하고 개체수가 풍부하며, 개체군은 안정적이고 즉각적인 보전 우려는 없습니다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

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