Colotis euippe
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| C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
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| Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. euippe |
| Binomial name | |
| Colotis euippe | |
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Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Description
The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.[3]
Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions.[4]
Habitat and behavior
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.[3]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- C. e. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip[2] (southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola)
- C. e. mediata Talbot, 1939 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, northern and western Zimbabwe)
- C. e. omphale (Godart, 1819) – smoky orange tip[3] (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Comoros)
- C. e. complexivus (Butler, 1886) (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, southern Somalia)
- C. e. exole (Reiche, 1850) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- C. e. mirei Bernardi, 1960 (Tibesti Mountains in Chad)
C. e. euippe, male
Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana
C. e. omphale female, Maputo National Park, Mozambique
Life cycle gallery
Larva on Capparis sepiaria
Larva
Larva pupating
Pupa
Recently hatched from pupa
Opening wings
Wings open
Underside
References
- ^ Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Colotis euippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162641215A162641224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162641215A162641224.en. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.