Colotis liagore
Colotis liagore | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. liagore
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Binomial name | |
Colotis liagore | |
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Colotis liagore, the desert orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, northern Senegal, northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabia and the Baluchistan coast of Iran, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.
The larvae feed on Maerua and Capparis species.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colotis liagore. |
Wikispecies has information related to Colotis liagore. |
- ^ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1829
- Colotis
- Butterflies of Asia
- Pieridae stubs