Species of butterfly
| Colotis hetaera
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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. hetaera
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| Binomial name
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Colotis hetaera
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| Synonyms
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- Callosune hetaera Gerstaecker, 1871
- Colotis (Colotis) hetaera
- Teracolus puniceus Butler, 1888
- Teracolus foliaceus Butler, 1894
- Teracolus puniceus f. flavescens Aurivillius, 1910
- Teracolus hetaera ab. sulphureus Aurivillius, 1910
- Teracolus puniceus ab. albomaculatus Aurivillius, 1910
- Colotis hetaera f. strix Talbot, 1939
- Colotis ankolensis Stoneham, 1940
- Colotis hetaera f. mirabilis Talbot, 1939
- Colotis hetaera f. immaculatus Stoneham, 1940
- Colotis hetaera f. subchromiferous Stoneham, 1957
- Teracolus hetaera aspasia Ungemach, 1932
- Teracolus hetaera aspasia f. thiochroa Ungemach, 1932
- Teracolus lorti Sharpe, 1896
- Teracolus ludoviciae Butler, 1897
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Colotis hetaera, the eastern purple tip, 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 savannah, but penetrating the open parts of evergreen forests.
Adults have a fast flight.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua, Boscia, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.
Subspecies
- Colotis hetaera hetaera (coast of Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania)
- Colotis hetaera ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 (central Kenya, northern Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Colotis hetaera aspasia (Ungemach, 1932) (south-western Ethiopia, southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
- Colotis hetaera lorti (Sharpe, 1896) (northern Kenya, south-eastern Ethiopia, Somalia)
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