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Colotis halimede

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colotis

Colotis halimede, the yellow patch tip or yellow patch white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa. The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Adults have a fast flight, and prefer the flowers of Capparis species. The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

  • Colotis halimede halimede (Senegal, Mali, north-eastern Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, western and southern Arabia)
  • Colotis halimede australis Talbot, 1939 (northern and central Tanzania)
  • Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya)

    • References

    Colotis halimede Wikipedia
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