Colotis chrysonome: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Colotis
- Species
- Colotis chrysonome
- Scientific Name
- Colotis chrysonome
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Colotis chrysonome
Colotis chrysonome, the golden Arab tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Mauritania, northern Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, the central and eastern part of the Sahara, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, southern Arabia, northern Uganda, Kenya, northern Tanzania, Israel and Jordan. The habitat consists of arid savanna.
The wingspan is 33–38 mm.
The larvae feed on Maerua species.
...Colotis chrysonome in languages:
- English
- Golden Arab Tip
- French
- Piéride dorée
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Colotis amata
- Colotis annae
- Colotis antevippe
- Colotis aurigineus
- Colotis aurora
- Colotis australis
- Colotis auxo
- Colotis calais
- Colotis castalis
- Colotis celimene
- Colotis chrysonome
- Colotis daira
- Colotis danae
- Colotis doubledayi
- Colotis elgonensis
- Colotis ephyia
- Colotis erone
- Colotis etrida
- Colotis eucharis
- Colotis euippe
- Colotis eunoma
- Colotis evagore
- Colotis evanthe
- Colotis evarne
- Colotis evenina
- Colotis fausta
- Colotis guenei
- Colotis halimede
- Colotis hetaera
- Colotis incretus
- Colotis ione
- Colotis lais
- Colotis liagore
- Colotis mananhari
- Colotis mirei
- Colotis muansa
- Colotis ocellatus
- Colotis pallene
- Colotis phisadia
- Colotis protomedia
- Colotis protractus
- Colotis puellaris
- Colotis regina
- Colotis ungemachi
- Colotis vesta
- Colotis zoe




























