This is a list of butterflies of Djibouti . About nine species are known from Djibouti, [1] none of which are endemic. [2]
This is a list of butterflies of Djibouti . About nine species are known from Djibouti, [1] none of which are endemic. [2]
Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia. The larvae of all Colotis species specialize on plants in the family Capparaceae.
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.