Arctic Sulfur vs Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow

Colias palaeno compared with Colias tyche

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arctic Sulfur	Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow
Kingdom same	Animalia (hayvan)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)	Arthropoda (Eklem bacaklılar)
Class same	Insecta (böcek)	Insecta (böcek)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Pul kanatlılar)	Lepidoptera (Pul kanatlılar)
Family same	Pieridae	Pieridae
Genus same	Colias	Colias
Species	Colias palaeno	Colias tyche

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Arctic Sulfur

LC — Least Concern

Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arctic Sulfur	Pale Arctic 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).

Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Arctic Sulfur

Arctic Sulfur (Colias palaeno) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇫🇮 Finland 🇳🇴 Norway 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇪 Sweden