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Colotis danae (Scarlet tip)     

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Pieridae > Subfamily: Pierinae > Genus: Colotis

Colotis danae (Scarlet tip) Colotis danae (Scarlet tip)
Colotis danae (Scarlet tip) male, Great Saltpan. [photo Steve Woodhall ©] Colotis danae (Scarlet tip) male, St. Lucia, South Africa. [photo Johan van Rensburg ©]
Colotis danae (Scarlet tip) Colotis danae (Scarlet tip)

Colotis danae (Scarlet tip) female, Great Saltpan. [photos Steve Woodhall ©]