Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Description and habits
The wingspan is 38–45 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round.[2]
C. evenina lacks discocellular dots
[3] as seen here in
C. antevippe, besides any dark venation.
The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1][2]
-
C. e. evenina — Mozambique, southern and eastern Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho
-
C. e. sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884) — coast of Kenya, Tanzania, northern Zimbabwe
-
C. e. xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904) — southern Uganda, central and south-western Kenya, central, northern and western Tanzania
-
C. e. casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) — northern Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
References
-
^ a b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
-
^ a b c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
-
^ Larsen, Torben B., 1991: 'The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History'
