Colotis pleione

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Colotis pleione
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. pleione
Binomial name
Colotis pleione
(Klug, 1829) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia pleioneKlug, 1829
  • Colotis (Colotis) pleione
  • Idmais miriamFelder and Felder, 1865
  • Teracolus chrysomelisButler, 1874
  • Idmais eucheriaMabille, 1880
  • Teracolus pleione ab. tethysRöber, 1907
  • Teracolus heliocaustusButler, 1886
  • Teracolus pleione f. eosLe Cerf, 1924
  • Colotis pleione antinoriiStorace, 1956

Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Chad. [2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna to sub-deserts.

The larvae feed on Capparis , Cadaba and Cleome 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 2012-05-03.
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