Colotis venosa

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

Colotis venosa, the no patch tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. 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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