Colotis daira

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Colotis daira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. daira
Binomial name
Colotis daira
(Klug, 1829) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia dairaKlug, 1829
  • Colotis (Colotis) daira
  • Teracolus yerburyiSwinhoe, 1884
  • Teracolus swinhoeiButler, 1885
  • Teracolus jacksoniSharpe, 1890
  • Teracolus daira ab. flavidusAurivillius, 1910
  • Colotis daira f. flavidifaciesStoneham, 1940
  • Colotis daira f. arusaroidesStoneham, 1940
  • Anthopsyche stygiaFelder & Felder, 1865
  • Anthopsyche dalilaFelder and Felder, 1865
  • Teracolus odysseusSwinhoe, 1884
  • Teracolus thruppiButler, 1886
  • Teracolus daira ab. flavusAurivillius, 1910
  • Colotis daira thruppi f. arusaTalbot, 1939
  • Colotis daira thruppi f. canescensTalbot, 1939

Colotis daira, the black-marked orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
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