Colotis pleione
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. pleione
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| Colotis pleione | |
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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[edit]
- 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)
References[edit]
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Wikispecies has information related to Colotis pleione.
- ^ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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