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Coast Purple tip

Colotis hetaera

Description:

White upper sides with crimson tips to the forewings

Habitat:

This is a savannah species, but can occasionally be found in large clearings in the drier forests. Found in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia.This spotting was high up the Usambara mountains in Tanzania.

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Coast Purple tip
Colotis hetaera Butterflies of Africa - Colotis hetaera


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3 Comments

injica
injica 11 years ago

Beautiful! :)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Very nice!

annmarie.salem
annmarie.salem 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan

annmarie.salem
Spotted by
annmarie.salem

Tanga, Tanga, Tanzania

Spotted on Jan 23, 2013
Submitted on Jan 31, 2013

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