Colotis venosa

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Colotis venosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. venosa
Binomial name
Colotis venosa
(Staudinger, 1885) [1]
Synonyms
  • Idmais venosaStaudinger, 1885
  • Colotis (Colotis) venosa
  • Colotis venosus f. lacteaTalbot, 1939

Colotis venosa, the no patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Somalia, central and eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania and southern Ethiopia. [2] The habitat consists of very dry savannah.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

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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.