Colotis aurigineus
Appearance
Colotis aurigineus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. aurigineus
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Binomial name | |
Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)
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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
[edit]- "Colotis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms