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Colotis doubledayi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colotis

Colotis doubledayi

Colotis doubledayi, the Doubleday's tip or Doubleday's orange, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm in males and 34–45 mm in females. The adults have two broods from September to October and April to May.

The larva feed on Maerua schinzii.

References

Colotis doubledayi Wikipedia