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Teracolus
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Teracolus

Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia. The larvae of all Colotis

species specialize on plants in the family Capparaceae.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Banded Gold Tip

speciesTeracolus eris

Speckled Sulphur Tip

speciesTeracolus agoye

Lemon Traveller

speciesTeracolus subfasciatus

Teracolus ducissa

speciesTeracolus ducissa

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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 902161.