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title: "Szlaczkoń sylwetnik"
description: "Colias crocea — Owady i pająki. Colias croceus, the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/clouded-yellow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Szlaczkoń sylwetnik

> Colias crocea — Owady i pająki. Colias croceus, the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites.

- Scientific name: *Colias crocea*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 39655
- Wikidata: [Q520871](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520871)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143294](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143294)

## Names

- en: Clouded Yellow
- de: Postillion
- es: Colias común
- fr: Souci
- it: Colias croceus
- nl: Oranje luzernevlinder
- pt: Colias croceus
- pl: Szlaczkoń sylwetnik

## Countries with the most observations

ES (8355), IT (5920), FR (4884), PT (3496), GB (2417), GR (1263), AT (809), BG (583), HR (571), TR (505), DE (492), CH (487)

## Summary

Colias croceus, the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colias_croceus

## Photo

![Szlaczkoń sylwetnik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clouded-yellow/medium.jpg)

Photo: MadMagpie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/324521597

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clouded-yellow?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).