TL: South England (3300 m.)
Habitat
- Clover fields
- Fallow land
- Field boundary strips
- Meadows
- Railway lines and embankments
- Ruderal areas
- Steppes
- Waysides
33-50 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianՄարգագետնային դեղնաթիթեռ 
ČeskyŽluťásek čičorečkový 
DanskGul høsommerfugl 
DeutschGelber Heufalter DeutschGemeiner Gelbling DeutschGoldene Acht DeutschKleines Posthörnchen DeutschWeißklee-Gelbling 
Eesti keelNiidu-võiliblikas 
EnglishPale Clouded Yellow 
FrançaisSoufré 
HrvatskiZagasiti poštar 
LietuviųDirvinis gelsvys 
MagyarFakó kéneslepke 
NederlandsGele luzernevlinder 
PolskiSzlaczkoń siarecznik 
SlovenčinaŽltáčik ranostajový 
SrpskiRavničarski žutać 
SuomeksiVaaleakeltaperhonen 
SvenskaLjusgul höfjäril 
TürkçeOrman Azameti 
БеларускаяЖаўтушка лугавая 
РусскийЖелтушка луговая РусскийЖелтушка малая РусскийЖелтушка обыкновенная 
中文豆粉蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Astragalus glycyphyllos Wild Liquorice Fabaceae Hippocrepis comosa Horseshoe Vetch Fabaceae Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling Fabaceae Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil Fabaceae Lotus pedunculatus Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil Fabaceae Medicago falcata Blue alfalfa Fabaceae Medicago lupulina Black Medick Fabaceae Medicago sativa Alfalfa Fabaceae Melilotus albus Honey Clover Fabaceae Onobrychis viciifolia Sanfoin Fabaceae Ononis spinosa Spiny Restharrow Fabaceae Securigera varia Crown Vetch Fabaceae Trifolium alpestre Owl-head clover Fabaceae Trifolium arvense Hare's-foot Clover Fabaceae Trifolium fragiferum Strawberry clover Fabaceae Trifolium incarnatum Crimson clover Fabaceae Trifolium medium Zigzag Clover Fabaceae Trifolium ochroleucon Sulphur clover Fabaceae Trifolium pratense Red clover Fabaceae Trifolium repens White Clover Fabaceae Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch Fabaceae Vicia hirsuta Hairy tare Fabaceae Vicia tetrasperma Smooth Vetch - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Fabaceae Coronilla Vetch Fabaceae Lotus Trefoil Fabaceae Trifolium Clover Fabaceae Vicia Vetch Scrophulariaceae Cymbalaria muralis Ivy-leaved toadflax
- Links
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Language Website Authors European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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