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Colotis pleione

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Colotis pleione
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. pleione
Binomial name
Colotis pleione
(Klug, 1829)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia pleione Klug, 1829
  • Colotis (Colotis) pleione
  • Idmais miriam Felder and Felder, 1865
  • Teracolus chrysomelis Butler, 1874
  • Idmais eucheria Mabille, 1880
  • Teracolus pleione ab. tethys Röber, 1907
  • Teracolus heliocaustus Butler, 1886
  • Teracolus pleione f. eos Le Cerf, 1924
  • Colotis pleione antinorii Storace, 1956

Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. 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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  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.
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