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Colotes
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Colotes

Colotes of Lampsacus (Greek: Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός, Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos; c. 320 – after 268 BC) was a pupil of Epicurus, and one of the most famous of his disciples. He wrote a work to prove That it is impossible even to live according to the doctrines of the other philosophers (ὅτι κατὰ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων φιλοσόφων δόγματα οὐδὲ ζῆν ἐστιν). It was dedicated to king Ptolemy II Philadelphus. In refutation of it Plutarch wrote two works, a...

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Colotes maculatus

speciesColotes maculatus

Colotes javeti

speciesColotes javeti

Colotes punctatus

speciesColotes punctatus

Colotes flavocinctus

speciesColotes flavocinctus

Colotes anthicinus

speciesColotes anthicinus

Colotes binotaticollis

speciesColotes binotaticollis

Colotes brendelli

speciesColotes brendelli

Colotes buccator

speciesColotes buccator

Colotes cavicornis

speciesColotes cavicornis

Colotes championi

speciesColotes championi

Colotes chloropterus

speciesColotes chloropterus

Colotes cribripennis

speciesColotes cribripennis

Colotes cyaneovarius

speciesColotes cyaneovarius

Colotes cyanopterus

speciesColotes cyanopterus

Colotes elongatipalpis

speciesColotes elongatipalpis

Colotes endroedyi

speciesColotes endroedyi

Colotes excavatus

speciesColotes excavatus

Colotes fossulatus

speciesColotes fossulatus

Colotes freyi

speciesColotes freyi

Colotes frontalis

speciesColotes frontalis

Colotes gazankulu

speciesColotes gazankulu

Colotes graskopensis

speciesColotes graskopensis

Colotes hessei

speciesColotes hessei

Colotes holmi

speciesColotes holmi

Colotes inflaticornis

speciesColotes inflaticornis

Colotes ingeae

speciesColotes ingeae

Colotes innotatipennis

speciesColotes innotatipennis

Colotes karkloofensis

speciesColotes karkloofensis

Colotes leucosideae

speciesColotes leucosideae

Colotes limbaticollis

speciesColotes limbaticollis

Colotes louwi

speciesColotes louwi

Colotes maculiceps

speciesColotes maculiceps

Colotes maraisi

speciesColotes maraisi

Colotes nasifrons

speciesColotes nasifrons

Colotes nasutus

speciesColotes nasutus

Colotes neoconradsi

speciesColotes neoconradsi

Colotes nigripalpus

speciesColotes nigripalpus

Colotes nigrolimbatus

speciesColotes nigrolimbatus

Colotes nobilis

speciesColotes nobilis

Colotes notaticornis

speciesColotes notaticornis

Colotes oberprieleri

speciesColotes oberprieleri

Colotes obscuricollis

speciesColotes obscuricollis

Colotes obscuricornis

speciesColotes obscuricornis

Colotes oculatus

speciesColotes oculatus

Colotes oneili

speciesColotes oneili

Colotes pictifrons

speciesColotes pictifrons

Colotes plagiatus

speciesColotes plagiatus

Colotes pseudochloropterus

speciesColotes pseudochloropterus

Colotes rotundatus

speciesColotes rotundatus

Colotes scotti

speciesColotes scotti

Colotes sellatus

speciesColotes sellatus

Colotes spinifer

speciesColotes spinifer

Colotes sulcifrons

speciesColotes sulcifrons

Colotes transkeiensis

speciesColotes transkeiensis

Colotes transversus

speciesColotes transversus

Colotes trigonus

speciesColotes trigonus

Colotes tuberculifrons

speciesColotes tuberculifrons

Colotes unifasciatus

speciesColotes unifasciatus

Colotes youngai

speciesColotes youngai

Colotes zimbabwensis

speciesColotes zimbabwensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 642914.