Colotis evenina

Common orange tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species: C. evenina
Binomial name
Colotis evenina
(Wallengren, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthopsyche evenina Wallengren, 1857
  • Colotis (Colotis) evenina
  • Anthopsyche deidamia Wallengren, 1860
  • Calosune deidamioides Aurivillius, 1879
  • Callosune inornata Westwood, 1881
  • Teracolus corda Möschler, 1884
  • Teracolus evenina Butler, 1897
  • Colotis evenina f. lerichei van Son, 1959
  • Callosune casta Gerstaecker, 1871
  • Teracolus evenina var. sypilus ab. flavofasciata Neustetter, 1916
  • Teracolus liagore f. castina Le Cerf, 1924
  • Colotis evenina sipylus f. granti Talbot, 1939
  • Colotis evenina sipylus f. johnstonei Talbot, 1939
  • Colotis evenina sipylus f. canus Talbot, 1939
  • Colotis evenina sipylus f. andromorpha Talbot, 1942
  • Teracolus sipylus Swinhoe, 1884
  • Colotis antevippe ab. mathieui Dufrane, 1947
  • Teracolus confusus Le Doux, 1929
  • Colotis evenina xantholeuca f. ledouxi Talbot, 1939

Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 38–45 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults have fly year round.[2]

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1][2]

References

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  1. 1 2 Colotis, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 3 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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