Colotis hetaera

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.

Colotis hetaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. hetaera
Binomial name
Colotis hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
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

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)