Colotis pleione
Colotis pleione | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. pleione |
Binomial name | |
Colotis pleione (Klug, 1829)[1] | |
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Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. 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
- Colotis pleione pleione (western and southern Arabia)
- Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and north-eastern Kenya)
- Colotis pleione nilus Talbot, 1942 (southern and central Sudan, Chad)
References
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- ↑ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group
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