Small salmon Arab
Colotis amata
The small salmon Arab is a small butterfly from South Asia. The male's wings are salmon pink with black edges. It flies low over the ground looking for little wildflowers.
Lives in
South Asia, in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, often in dry places and near salty coasts
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The adult drinks nectar from small flowers. Its green caterpillars eat the leaves of Salvadora shrubs, also called toothbrush trees.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Small salmon Arab about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The mother lays her eggs in groups, from just a couple up to about 60 on one leaf.
2
Its food plant grows well in salty soil, so the butterfly is common along coasts and tidal mudflats.
3
The females come in two colours, either pale salmon or pale yellow to white.
4
The underside of its wings is greenish yellow.
you asked
Most asked questions about Small salmon Arab
?What does the small salmon Arab eat?
The adults drink nectar from small flowers. The caterpillars eat Salvadora shrubs.
?Where does the small salmon Arab live?
In India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, often in dry or salty places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Colotis amata
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Pieridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Colotis amata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sathya K Selvam. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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