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#2768 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Pale Clouded Yellow

🇳🇱 Gele luzernevlinder ·Colias hyale

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Cordula Bernert · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © mnauky · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Татьяна Дензанова · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © purperlibel · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. 6. © Ausra Zilinskiene · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © machyjakub · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. © Frank Model · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. © Arūnas Juknevičius · CC BY-NC 4.0
Pale Clouded Yellow, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Colias hyale , the pale clouded yellow , is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia. It is a migrant to the British Isles and Scandinavia. 4 in).

base stats

  • NL sightings 50iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 5,589iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 50 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 5,589 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Pale Clouded Yellow
Nederlands
Gele luzernevlinder
scientific name
Colias hyale
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Pieridae
sightings in NL
50
sightings in Europe
2,520
sightings worldwide
5,589
GBIF records in NL
9,177
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Pieridae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 124160, Wikidata Q837768, GBIF 5137706, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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