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Colotis daira

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colotis

Colotis daira, the black-marked orange tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

  • Colotis daira daira (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
  • Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890) (eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
  • Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865) (north-eastern Nigeria, Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and western Kenya)

    • References

    Colotis daira Wikipedia
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