Colotis pleione

Colotis pleione
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. pleione
Binomial name
Colotis pleione (Klug, 1829)
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 Pieridae family. It is found in Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Chad. 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)