Colotis daira

Colotis daira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. daira
Binomial name
Colotis daira (Klug, 1829) [1]
Synonyms
List 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 species of 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

• Colotis daira daira - south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman
• Colotis daira jacksoni(Sharpe, 1890) - eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania
• Colotis daira stygia(Felder & Felder, 1865) - north-eastern Nigeria, Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and western Kenya

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.