Biology:Colotis venosa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Colotis venosa
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Colotis venosa
(Staudinger, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idmais venosa Staudinger, 1885
  • Colotis (Colotis) venosa
  • Colotis venosus f. lactea Talbot, 1939

Colotis venosa, the no patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Somalia, central and eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania and southern Ethiopia.[2] The habitat consists of very dry savannah.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2582503 entry