Colotis pleione |
Scientific classification ![](../I/m/Red_Pencil_Icon.png) |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: |
C. pleione |
Binomial name |
Colotis pleione
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Synonyms |
- Pontia pleione Klug, 1829
- Colotis (Colotis) pleione
- Idmais miriam Felder and Felder, 1865
- Teracolus chrysomelis Butler, 1874
- Idmais eucheria Mabille, 1880
- Teracolus pleione ab. tethys Röber, 1907
- Teracolus heliocaustus Butler, 1886
- Teracolus pleione f. eos Le Cerf, 1924
- Colotis pleione antinorii Storace, 1956
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Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Chad.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savanna to sub-deserts.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Cadaba and Cleome species.
Subspecies
- Colotis pleione pleione (western and southern Arabia)
- Colotis pleione heliocaustus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and north-eastern Kenya)
- Colotis pleione nilus Talbot, 1942 (southern and central Sudan, Chad)