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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa.[2] The habitat consists of savannah, but penetrating the open parts of evergreen forests.
Colotis hetaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. hetaera |
Binomial name | |
Colotis hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1] | |
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Adults have a fast flight.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua, Boscia, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.
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