Species of butterfly
| Colotis daira
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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. daira
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| Binomial name
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Colotis daira
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| Synonyms
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- Pontia daira Klug, 1829
- Colotis (Colotis) daira
- Teracolus yerburyi Swinhoe, 1884
- Teracolus swinhoei Butler, 1885
- Teracolus jacksoni Sharpe, 1890
- Teracolus daira ab. flavidus Aurivillius, 1910
- Colotis daira f. flavidifacies Stoneham, 1940
- Colotis daira f. arusaroides Stoneham, 1940
- Anthopsyche stygia Felder & Felder, 1865
- Anthopsyche dalila Felder and Felder, 1865
- Teracolus odysseus Swinhoe, 1884
- Teracolus thruppi Butler, 1886
- Teracolus daira ab. flavus Aurivillius, 1910
- Colotis daira thruppi f. arusa Talbot, 1939
- Colotis daira thruppi f. canescens Talbot, 1939
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Colotis daira, the black-marked orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of dry savanna.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Capparis and Cadaba species.
Subspecies
- Colotis daira daira (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
- Colotis daira jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890) (eastern Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Colotis daira stygia (Felder & Felder, 1865) (north-eastern Nigeria, Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and western Kenya)
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