Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis | |
Colotis liagore, the desert orange tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Mauritania, northern Senegal, northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabia and the Baluchistan coast of Iran and Pakistan. The habitat consists of moist savanna.
The larvae feed on Maerua and Capparis species.
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