Teracolus evarne philippsi f. sharpei Aurivillius, 1910
Teracolus evarne f. extrema Niepelt, 1937
Colotis eucharis
Colotis eucharis f. butleri Stoneham, 1939
Colotis eucharis f. mambrui Stoneham, 1939
Colotis eucharis f. xanthecolus Stoneham, 1939
Colotis eucharis f. albescens Stoneham, 1939
Colotis auxo harrarensis Dufrane, 1947
Colotis auxo harrarensis ab. maureli Dufrane, 1947
Colotis aurora, the sulphur orange tip or plain orange-tip,[1][2] is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Asia and Africa. The nominate subspecies, Colotis aurora aurora is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2] The other subspecies, Colotis aurora evarne is found in Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia,[3] and southern Arabia.[4][5]
The habitat consists of savanna and shrubland. The larvae feed on Capparaceae species, including Cadaba fruticosa.[1]
^ abcSaji, K. "Colotis aurora Cramer, 1780 – Plain Orange-Tip". Butterflies of India, v. 2.24.
^ abVarshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 76.
^"Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
^Pittaway, Tony (2015). "Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera of Western Saudi Arabia". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
^Savela, Markku. "Colotis aurora (Cramer, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
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