Colotis celimene
Species of butterfly
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Colotis celimene, the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. celimene |
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| Colotis celimene (H. Lucas, 1852) | |
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Description
Habitat and behavior
Adults are observed residing near tall trees and thorny vegetation. They hover up to approximately 4 metres above ground level.[2]
The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.[1]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[3]
- C. c. celimene (H. Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
- C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Eswatini, South Africa)
- C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)
- C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)
- C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
- C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan)
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