Colotis lais

Kalahari orange tip
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. lais
Binomial name
	Colotis lais; (Butler, 1876)
Synonyms
	Teracolus lais Butler, 1876; Colotis (Colotis) lais; Colotis lais f. felthami van Son, 1949;

Colotis lais, the Kalahari orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Africa.^[1] The habitat consists of savanna.

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. The adults fly year-round. The larvae probably feed on Capparaceae species.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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[funet-1] Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[Woodhall-2] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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Taxon identifiers
Colotis lais	Wikidata: Q2456809 BOLD: 162903 CoL: X8L8 EoL: 176408 GBIF: 1920410 iNaturalist: 658926 IRMNG: 11007610 IUCN: 161330246 LepIndex: 176090 NCBI: 943187 Open Tree of Life: 372965
Teracolus lais	Wikidata: Q109585288 GBIF: 10973105