Colotis liagore
| Colotis liagore | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. liagore |
| Binomial name | |
| Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)[1] | |
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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.[2] The habitat consists of moist savanna.
The larvae feed on Maerua and Capparis species.
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- ↑ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group
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