Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XVIII. - Natura Somogyiensis 34. / Miscellanea 18. (Kaposvár, 2020)
Schmidt P. et al.: A faunistic contribution to the butterfly fauna of Oman (Lepidoptera: Diurna)
Schmidt et al.: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of Oman 175 em part of Arabia. It occurs in distinct populations in Kenya (ssp. restricta Talbot, 1939) and Tanzania (australis Talbot, 1939). In Oman, C. halimede is limited to the Dhofar region. Remarks: It prefers dry savannah habitats, but in Dhofar they can be found mostly in the wadis, where it is moderately common. These populations were discovered only in 1977 (Larsen & Larsen 1980). The larval host plants are Cadaba species (Larsen 2005). Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829) Material examined: 2 exx. / OMAN, Reg. Ad Dakhiliya, E of Al Hamra, N23°03.978', N57°22.687', 653 m, roadside, 28.04.2008 / leg. S. J. Simonyi, S. Ilniczky; 3 exx. / OMAN, Reg. Ad Dakhiliya, 2 km W of Al Hamra / N23°07.927' E57°25.020' stony pasture (almost without grasses) 28.04.2008 leg. S. J. Simonyi, S. Ilniczky; 6 exx. OMAN, Reg. Al Batinah South, Ar Rustaq, N23°24.003' E57°25.517' oasis, 339 m, 16.04.2009 leg. S. J. Simonyi, S. Ilniczky; 6 exx. / OMAN, Reg.. Al Batinah South / Balad Seet /N23° 11.794' E57°23.426' /914 m oasis, spring / 06.05.2019 / leg. L. Abrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési. Distribution: In sub-Saharan Africa, C. liagore is distributed in the Sahel zone between Mauritania and Somalia. It occurs also in the Arabian Peninsula reaching in Pakistan (Balochistan) as its eastern limits (Larsen 2005). It is also found in North Africa with records in Algeria (Tennent 1996) and Morocco (Verovnik et al. 2018). In Oman, it can be found in Northern Oman and in Dhofar. Remarks: In Northern Oman, the Desert Orange Tip is a relatively common species. It was first reported from Dhofar by Polak & Verovnik (2009). The larval host plants in Oman are Maerua crassifolia and Capparis cartilaginea (Larsen & Larsen 1980, Larsen 1982). Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819) Material examined: 11 exx. / OMAN, Reg. Ad Dakhiliya, E of Al Hamra / N23°03.978' E57°22.687' 653 m, bushy along the road, 28.04.2008 / leg. S. Ilnitzky, S. J. Simonyi; 1 ex. / OMAN, Reg. Al Batinah South, Nakhl oasis, N23°25.151' E57°49.244' 244 m, 11.10.2009 leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 1 ex. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar, Jabal al Qara, / 20 km W of Al Mughsayl /N16°50.051' E53°42.552' / 34 m seashore, dry rocky vegetation with shrubs/ 01.11.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 1 ex. / OMAN, Reg. Al Batinah South / Balad Seet / N23°11.794' E57°23.426' / 914 m oasis, spring / 06.05.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési. Distribution: The species is distributed across the sub-Saharan Sahel zone between Mauritania and Ethiopia through the Arabian Peninsula to the driest, the northernmost part of India (Larsen 2005). In the north, it reaches also the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt. Remarks: It is a common butterfly in the Dhofar region and also in Northern Oman. It inhabits open dry savannah and arid bushy areas and is an occasional migrant (Larsen & Nakamura 1983). The larval food plant is Salvadorapersica (Tshikolovets 2011).
