Colias electo
Colias electo, the African clouded yellow or lucerne butterfly, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, as well as Arabia. The habitat consists of temperate and montane grasslands.
The wingspan is for males and for females. Adults are on the wing throughout the year, with a peak from April to August.
The larvae feed on Medicago sativa, Trifolium, Vicia and Robinia pseudoacacia.Subspecies
- C. e. electo
- C. e. hecate Strecker, 1900
- C. e. pseudohecate Berger, 1940
- C. e. meneliki Berger, 1940
- C. e. philbyi Berger, 1953
- C. e. manengoubensis Darge, 1968
