Colotis | |
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Colotis danae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Teracolini |
Genus: | Colotis Hübner, [1819] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia. [1] The larvae of all Colotis species specialize on plants in the family Capparaceae.
Listed alphabetically within subgroups: [2]
Subgenus ColotisHübner, [1819]:
Subgenus Teracolus(Swainson, 1833):
Subgenus Cuneacolotis(Henning et al., 1997):
Subgenus Gideona(Klots, 1933):
Status unknown: