Colotis liagore

Colotis liagore, the desert orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, northern Senegal, northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabia and the Baluchistan coast of Iran, United Arab Emirates and Pakistan.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.

Colotis liagore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. liagore
Binomial name
Colotis liagore
(Klug, 1829)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pontia liagore Klug, 1829
  • Colotis (Colotis) liagore
  • Teracolus liagore f. liagoroides Rothschild, 1921
  • Colotis antigone antigone f. desertorum Talbot, 1939

The larvae feed on Maerua and Capparis species.

References
  1. Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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