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Colotis aurora

Colotis aurora, the sulphur orange tip or plain orange-tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, southern Arabia, Asia, India and Sri Lanka. The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

  • Colotis aurora aurora (Asia, India, Sri Lanka)
  • Colotis aurora evarne (Klug, 1829) (Mauritania, northern Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, northern Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, southern Arabia)
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