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Calicharis

Colotis
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Colotis danae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Colotini
Genus: Colotis
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Teracolus Swainson, [1833]
  • Idmais Boisduval, 1836
  • Callosune Doubleday, [1847]
  • Anthopsyche Wallengren, 1857
  • Ptychopteryx Wallengren, 1857
  • Thespia Wallengren, 1858
  • Calicharis Oberthür, 1876
  • Gideona Klots, 1933
  • Cuneacolotis Henning et al., 1997

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Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia.

Listed alphabetically within subgroups:

Subgenus Colotis Hübner, [1819]:

Subgenus Teracolus (Swainson, 1833):

Subgenus Cuneacolotis (Henning et al., 1997):

Subgenus Gideona (Klots, 1933):

Status unknown:


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