Biology:Colotis aurigineus

Short description: Species of butterfly

Colotis aurigineus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. aurigineus
Binomial name
Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
Teracolus aurigineus Butler, 1883 Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus Colotis auriginea Teracolus venustus Butler, 1888 Colotis ansorgei Marshall, 1897 Colotis ansorgei f. aurora Stoneham, 1957 Colotis ansorgei f. tithonus Stoneham, 1957

Colotis aurigineus, the African golden Arab, veined gold or double-banded orange, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, northeastern Zaire, Malawi and northwest Zambia.

The larva feeds on Maerua species.

External links

• "Colotis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q2458746 entry