Colotis agoye

Colotis agoye
Speckled Sulphur Tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species: C. agoye
Binomial name
Colotis agoye
(Wallengren, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anthopsyche agoye Wallengren, 1857
  • Teracolus agoye Butler, 1897

The Speckled Sulphur Tip (Colotis agoye) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 30–44 mm in males and 32–45 mm in females. The adults fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.[2]

The larva feed on Boscia and Cadaba species.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • C. a. agoye
  • C. a. esophorus (Trimen, 1863)
  • C. a. bowkeri (Trimen, 1883)
  • C. a. zephyrus (Marshall, 1897)

References

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