Colotis liagore

Colotis liagore
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. liagore
Binomial name
*Colotis liagore* (Klug, 1829)^[1]
Synonyms
Pontia liagore Klug, 1829 Colotis (Colotis) liagore Teracolus liagore f. liagoroides Rothschild, 1921 Colotis antigone antigone f. desertorum Talbot, 1939

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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