Colotis evenina

Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Common orange tip
A female of the nominate race and dry season form in the Kruger National Park
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 Colotis (Colotis) evenina Anthopsyche deidamia Wallengren, 1860 Calosune deidamioides Aurivillius, 1879 Callosune inornata Westwood, 1881 Teracolus corda Möschler, 1884 Teracolus evenina Butler, 1897 Colotis evenina f. lerichei van Son, 1959 Callosune casta Gerstaecker, 1871 Teracolus evenina var. sypilus ab. flavofasciata Neustetter, 1916 Teracolus liagore f. castina Le Cerf, 1924 Colotis evenina sipylus f. granti Talbot, 1939 Colotis evenina sipylus f. johnstonei Talbot, 1939 Colotis evenina sipylus f. canus Talbot, 1939 Colotis evenina sipylus f. andromorpha Talbot, 1942 Teracolus sipylus Swinhoe, 1884 Colotis antevippe ab. mathieui Dufrane, 1947 Teracolus confusus Le Doux, 1929 Colotis evenina xantholeuca f. ledouxi Talbot, 1939

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 larva 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, Swaziland, 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

1. Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
3. Larsen, Torben B., 1991: 'The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History'

External links

• Images representing Colotis evenina at BOLD