Colias phicomone (Esper, 1780)

Host plants:
The larvae feed on many Fabaceae such as Lotus alpinus and very willingly Hippocrepis comosa.

Habitat:
Colias phicomone inhabits alpine meadows and pastures from about 1300m to over 2400m above sea level. In Germany Colias phicomone occurs only in the Bavarian Alps from the Allg�u to Berchtesgaden.

Life cycle:
Colias phicomone is on the wing in mostly a single generation. Only in the lowest sites there is rarely a partial second generation. The adults fly from June to August or rarely September.

Endangerment factors:
Colias phicomone is unthreatened, even if losses are suffered through tourism (skiing, other infrastructure) and overgrazing.

Remarks:
The distribution covers the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Carpathians.