Colotis hetaera
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Colotis hetaera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. hetaera
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Binomial name | |
Colotis hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1]
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Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa.[2] The habitat consists of savannah, but penetrating the open parts of evergreen forests.
Adults have a fast flight.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua, Boscia, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.
Subspecies
- Colotis hetaera hetaera (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 (central Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896) (northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia)
References
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- ^ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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