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 (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)
Class same	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Insecta (昆蟲綱)
Order same	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)
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

北极硫磺蝶（Colias palaeno）在IUCN红色名录中被列为无危（LC）。该物种在其分布范围内广泛分布且数量丰富，种群稳定，目前没有迫切的保护关注。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

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