Colotis daira | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. daira |
Binomial name | |
Colotis daira | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
Eublemma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1829.
Ozarba is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.
Pericyma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851.
Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Spialia mafa, the Mafa grizzled skipper or Mafa sandman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in south-western Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal, Botswana, Zimbabwe and from the Cape in South Africa to Sudan and southern Arabia.
Acraea neobule, the wandering donkey acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabia.
Myrina silenus, the common fig-tree blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, southern Arabia and northern Oman.
Colotis antevippe, the red tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Byblia anvatara, the common joker, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Colotis chrysonome, the golden Arab tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Mauritania, northern Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, the central and eastern part of the Sahara, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, southern Arabia, northern Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania, Israel and Jordan. The habitat consists of arid savanna.
Colotis halimede, the yellow patch tip or yellow patch white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa. The habitat consists of dry savanna.
Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa. The habitat consists of savannah, but penetrating the open parts of evergreen forests.
Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Chad. The habitat consists of very dry savanna to sub-deserts.
Colotis protomedia, the yellow splendour tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somaliland, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of dry savannah.
Charaxes hansali, the cream-banded charaxes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman. The habitat consists of arid savanna.
Acraea chilo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Deudorix livia, the pomegranate playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece. The habitat consists of savanna, including arid savanna.
Axiocerses harpax, the common scarlet, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Arcyophora is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
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