Japanese Clouded Yellow vs Garden Grass-veneer

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Japanese Clouded Yellow	Garden Grass-veneer
Scientific Name	Colias erate	Chrysoteuchia culmella
Order	Lepidoptera	Lepidoptera
Family	Pieridae	Crambidae
Size	40-50 mm wingspan	20-26 mm wingspan
Habitat	Grasslands	Gardens
Diet	Nectar Feeders	Root Feeders
Regions	East Asia, Japan/Korea	Europe, Northern Asia
Conservation	Least Concern	Least Concern

Japanese Clouded Yellow

Known as 'monjiro-cho' in Japanese, a common yellow butterfly found in open grasslands. Males are bright yellow while females may be white or yellow. A familiar sight in Japanese fields.

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Did You Know?

This butterfly is so common in Japan that it is one of the first butterflies children learn to identify, and it features in many Japanese children's songs.

Garden Grass-veneer

A small straw-colored moth with a silvery sheen and prominent labial palps forming a snout. It is one of the commonest grass moths in European lawns.

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Did You Know?

Hundreds can be flushed from a single patch of lawn when walking through grass at dusk.