Colotis celimene

Lilac Tip


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. celimene
Binomial name
*Colotis celimene* (Lucas, 1852)
Synonyms
Anthocharis celimene Lucas, 1852 Anthocharis amina Hewitson, [1862] Anthopsyche pholoe Wallengren, 1860 Anthocharis phaenon Trimen, 1863 Teracolus praeclarus Butler, 1886 Teracolus celimene var. sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905

The Lilac Tip or Magenta Tip (Colotis celimene) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year round, peaking from March to May.^[1]

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[2]

C. c. celimene (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Swaziland, South Africa)
C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)
C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)
C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan)

References

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

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