TL: [South Africa]: “Kaap de goede Hoop” [False locality] (2100 m.)
Habitat
- Savanna
33-36 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
EnglishSmall Salmon Arab
EnglishTopaz Arab Tip
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Capparaceae Capparis Caper Salvadoraceae Salvadora australis Salvadoraceae Salvadora persica Arak
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Colotis amata calais Cramer, 1776 Papilio calais Cramer, 1776
- Subspecies
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Species Author Colotis (C.) calais calais (Cramer, 1775) Colotis (C.) calais crowleyi (Sharpe, [1898]) Colotis (C.) calais williami Henning & Henning, 1994
- Colotis (C.) calais is a member of the clade Colotis-group VI:
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Species Author Colotis (C.) calais (Cramer, [1776]) Colotis (C.) castalis (Staudinger, [1884]) Colotis (C.) fausta (Olivier, 1804) Colotis (C.) phisadia (Godart, [1819])
- Links
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Language Website Authors
African Butterfly Database
Lepiforum e. V.
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| Extinct | |
| Extinct in the wild | |
| Critically endangered | |
| Endangered | |
| Vulnerable | |
| Near Threatened | |
| Least Concern | |
| Lower Risk | |
| Legally protected | |
| CITES |