Colotis evagore
Desert orange tip | |
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C. e. antigone Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. evagore |
Binomial name | |
Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain and southwest Arabia.[1]
The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.[2]
The larva feed on Maerua, Capparis and Cadaba species.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized:[1]
- C. e. evagore Klug, 1829 – small orange tip (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- C. e. nouna Lucas, 1849 (Spain, north-west Africa)
- C. e. antigone Boisduval, 1836 (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)
- C. e. niveus Butler, 1881 (Socotra)
References
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