Species of butterfly
| Colotis halimede
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Pieridae
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| Genus:
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Colotis
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| Species:
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C. halimede
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| Binomial name
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Colotis halimede
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| Synonyms
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- Pontia halimede Klug, 1829
- Colotis (Colotis) halimede
- Pontia acaste Klug, 1829
- Pieris polycaste Boisduval, 1836
- Anthocharis leo Butler, 1865
- Teracolus coelestis Swinhoe, 1884
- Teracolus halimede halimede f. swinhoei Rothschild, 1921
- Teracolus halimede aurivillii Rothschild, 1921
- Colotis halimede aurivillii f. restricta Rothschild, 1921
- Teracolus halimede maxima Talbot, 1939
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Colotis halimede, the yellow patch tip or yellow patch white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
Adults have a fast flight, and prefer the flowers of Capparis species. The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.
Subspecies
- Colotis halimede halimede (Senegal, Mali, north-eastern Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, western and southern Arabia)
- Colotis halimede australis Talbot, 1939 (northern and central Tanzania)
- Colotis halimede restricta Talbot, 1939 (Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya)
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