Colotis evenina

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
  • Anthopsyche deidamia Wallengren, 1860
  • Calosune deidamioides Aurivillius, 1879
  • Callosune inornata Westwood, 1881
  • Teracolus corda Möschler, 1884
  • Teracolus evenina Butler, 1897

The Common Orange Tip (Colotis evenina) 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]

  • C. e. evenina
  • C. e. sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884)
  • C. e. xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904)
  • C. e. casta (Gerstaecker, 1871)

References

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