Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1008

Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775)

Small Salmon Arab

Figure 7B

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch dis- trict, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, indus- trial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with sur- rounding wetland plants.

Identification. Underside greenish yellow; salmon pink upperside; black costal border touches black spot at end cell; and apical half bearing spots of ground color on up- per forewing; similar spotting on dark outer border on upper hindwing.