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 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[]

^ 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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[funet-1] Colotis, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

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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