Colotis lucasi

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Colotis lucasi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. lucasi
Binomial name
Colotis lucasi
(Grandidier, 1867) [1]
Synonyms
  • Callidryas lucasiGrandidier, 1867
  • Colotis (Gideona) lucasi
  • Colotis lucas
  • Eronia vohemaraWard, 1870
  • Gideona lucasi f. suffusaTalbot, 1939
  • Gideona lucasi f. deflavaTalbot, 1939
  • Gideona lucasi f. lineataTalbot, 1939

Colotis lucasi, the giant orange-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on Madagascar. [2] The habitat consists of forests, forest margins and unnatural grasslands.

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<i>Colotis elgonensis</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Colotis guenei</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Colotis halimede</i> Species of butterfly

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.

<i>Colotis hetaera</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Colotis hildebrandtii</i> Species of butterfly

Colotis hildebrandtii, the golden tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. The habitat consists of dense savanna and Acacia woodland.

<i>Colotis incretus</i> Species of butterfly

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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.

<i>Colotis protomedia</i> Species of butterfly

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.

Colotis rogersi, the Rogers' orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia and south-eastern Sudan. The habitat consists of very dry savanna.

Colotis ungemachi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, north-eastern Ethiopia and possibly Sudan. The species is named after Henri Ungemach.

<i>Colotis venosa</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Colotis zoe</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Nepheronia pharis</i> Species of butterfly

Nepheronia pharis, the round-winged vagrant, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of undisturbed primary lowland forests and riverine forests.

References

  1. ↑ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.


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