Colotis phisadia

Blue-spotted Arab
both in Aqaba Bird Observatory, Jordan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. phisadia
Binomial name
Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
Pieris phisadia Godart, 1819 Colotis (Colotis) phisadia Pontia arne Klug, 1829 Idmais philumene Mabille, 1880 Teracolus ocellatus Butler, 1886 Teracolus rothschildi Sharpe, 1898 Teracolus phisadia rothschildi ab. albus Aurivillius, 1910 Teracolus phisadia rothschildi ab. ochraceus Aurivillius, 1910 Colotis phisadia r. somalica Storace, 1948 Colotis phisadia somalica ab. punctata Storace, 1948 Colotis phisadia somalica f. pallida Storace, 1948 Teracolus phisadia f. vagus d’Abrera, 1980 Teracolus phisadia f. vagus Riley, 1920

Colotis phisadia, the blue-spotted Arab, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Kuwait, Uganda, Arabia, the Near East and India.