Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Teracolini > Colotis
Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804) – Large Salmon Arab
Subspecies in India:
(1) Colotis fausta fulvia (Wallace, 1867) – Dakhan Large Salmon Arab
(2) Colotis fausta faustina (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) – Punjabi Large Salmon Arab
- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Colotis fausta faustina – Punjabi Large Salmon Arab
Colotis fausta fulvia – Dakhan Large Salmon Arab
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Colotis fausta fulvia - Capparis spinosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Maerua cylindrocarpa (Robinson et al. 2010; Wynter-Blyth 1957), Maerua oblongifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Capparaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Pieridae > Pierinae > Teracolini > Colotis
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Bhakare, M. 2021. Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804) – Large Salmon Arab. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.17. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/698/Colotis-fausta
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