Colotis pallene - Bushveld orange tip

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Colotis pallene

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Chipinda Pools, Gonarhezou National Park.

Species details:

Note:
Distribution: Throughout most of the southern African savanna areas.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
CapparaceaeCapparis (Larval foodplant)
Larval food (by plant species):
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 292.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 330.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Colotis pallene .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402690, retrieved 19 April 2024

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