Colotis daira

Colotis daira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. daira
Binomial name
Colotis daira
(Klug, 1829)
Synonyms
List
  • Pontia daira Klug, 1829
  • Colotis (Colotis) daira
  • Teracolus yerburyi Swinhoe, 1884
  • Teracolus swinhoei Butler, 1885
  • Teracolus jacksoni Sharpe, 1890
  • Teracolus daira ab. flavidus Aurivillius, 1910
  • Colotis daira f. flavidifacies Stoneham, 1940
  • Colotis daira f. arusaroides Stoneham, 1940
  • Anthopsyche stygia Felder & Felder, 1865
  • Anthopsyche dalila Felder and Felder, 1865
  • Teracolus odysseus Swinhoe, 1884
  • Teracolus thruppi Butler, 1886
  • Teracolus daira ab. flavus Aurivillius, 1910
  • Colotis daira thruppi f. arusa Talbot, 1939
  • Colotis daira thruppi f. canescens Talbot, 1939

Colotis daira, the black-marked orange tip, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of dry savanna.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-02.