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 35 - 40 mm for males and 32 - 40 mm 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 (South Africa, southern Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia)
 * C. e. hecate Strecker, 1900 (Angola, southern Zaire, northern Zambia and north-western Malawi)
 * C. e. pseudohecate Berger, 1940 (Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia and northern Somalia)
 * C. e. meneliki Berger, 1940 (central and northern Ethiopia and Eritrea)
 * C. e. philbyi Berger, 1953 (southern and western Arabia)
 * C. e. manengoubensis Darge, 1968 (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon)