TL: (3000 m.)
Habitat
- Savanna
45-52 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishBushveld Purple Tip EnglishCommon Purple Tip EnglishViolet Tip
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Capparaceae Boscia Capparaceae Boscia albitrunca Shepherd's tree Capparaceae Cadaba Capparaceae Capparis Caper Capparaceae Maerua Capparaceae Maerua juncea Rough-skinned bush cherry Capparaceae Maerua racemulosa Capparaceae Maerua rosmarinoides Capparaceae Ritchiea
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Pieris ione Godart, 1819 Teracolus ione Godart, 1819
- Colotis (C.) ione is a member of the clade Colotis-group IX:
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Species Author Colotis (C.) elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891) Colotis (C.) erone (Angas, 1849) Colotis (C.) eunoma (Hopffer, 1855) Colotis (C.) halimede (Klug, [1829]) Colotis (C.) hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871) Colotis (C.) ione (Godart, [1819]) Colotis (C.) mananhari (Ward, 1870) Colotis (C.) pleione (Klug, [1829]) Colotis (C.) protomedia (Klug, [1829]) Colotis (C.) regina (Trimen, 1863) Colotis (C.) venosa (Staudinger, [1885])
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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 | Extinct |
 | Extinct in the wild |
 | Critically endangered |
 | Endangered |
 | Vulnerable |
 | Near Threatened |
 | Least Concern |
 | Lower Risk |
 | Legally protected |
 | CITES |