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 |