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)[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 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

References

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