Colotis hetaera

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis

Similar Colotis vesta, Colotis aurigineus, Colotis eunoma, Colotis evenina, Colotis aurora

Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, 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 savannah, but penetrating the open parts of evergreen forests.

Adults have a fast flight.

The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua, Boscia, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

Colotis hetaera hetaera (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)

Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 (central Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)

Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896) (northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia)

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