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Colotis celimene (Lilac Tip)

Synonyms: Anthocharis celimene

Wikipedia Abstract

Colotis celimene, the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year round, peaking from March to May. The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.
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Infraspecies

Colotis celimene amina
Colotis celimene celimene
Colotis celimene pholoe

Prey / Diet

Boscia albitrunca (Shepherd's Tree)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0