Colotis vesta
Veined tip | |
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Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania | |
Veined golden arab, C. v. princeps Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. vesta |
Binomial name | |
Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1849) | |
Synonyms | |
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Colotis vesta (the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) in males and 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in) in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.[1]
The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.[1]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- C. v. amelia (Lucas, 1852) (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria)
- C. v. argillaceus (Butler, 1877) (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
- C. v. catachrysops (Butler, 1878) (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- C. v. hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- C. v. kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
- C. v. mutans (Butler, 1877) (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia)
- C. v. princeps Talbot, 1939 (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- C. v. rhodesinus (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- C. v. velleda (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan)
- C. v. vesta (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
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C. v. argillaceus
Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa -
C. v. hanningtoni
Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya
References
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