Colotis pleione, the orange patch tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Arabia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan and Chad. The habitat consists of very dry savanna to sub-deserts.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Cadaba and Cleome species.
Subspecies
- Colotis pleione pleione (western and southern Arabia)
- Colotis pleione heliocaustus <small>(Butler, 1886)</small> (Ethiopia, Somalia, northern and north-eastern Kenya)
- Colotis pleione nilus <small>Talbot, 1942</small> (southern and central Sudan, Chad)
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