Colotis aurora

Colotis aurora
Male
Two Female forms
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species: C. aurora
Binomial name
Colotis aurora
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio aurora Cramer, 1780
  • Colotis (Colotis) aurora
  • Papilio eucharis Fabricius, 1775
  • Pontia evarne Klug, 1829
  • Teracolus citreus Butler, 1876
  • Teracolus xanthevarne Butler, 1876
  • Teracolus philippsi Butler, 1886
  • Teracolus evarne philippsi f. sharpei Aurivillius, 1910
  • Teracolus evarne f. extrema Niepelt, 1937
  • Colotis eucharis f. butleri Stoneham, 1939
  • Colotis eucharis f. mambrui Stoneham, 1939
  • Colotis eucharis f. xanthecolus Stoneham, 1939
  • Colotis eucharis f. albescens Stoneham, 1939
  • Colotis auxo harrarensis Dufrane, 1947
  • Colotis auxo harrarensis ab. maureli Dufrane, 1947

Colotis aurora, the Sulphur Orange Tip or Plain Orange-tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, southern Arabia, Asia, India and Sri Lanka.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua and Cadaba species.

Subspecies

References

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