Colotis aurora

Colotis aurora

''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. The habitat consists of savanna.

The larvae feed on ''Capparis'', ''Maerua'' and ''Cadaba'' species.
Sulphur orange tip  Colotis aurora,Geotagged,India,Summer

Naming

*''Colotis aurora aurora''
⤷ ''Colotis aurora evarne''

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusColotis
SpeciesC. aurora
Photographed in
India