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 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 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 (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 Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia)

References

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1 2 Colotis, funet.fi
1 2 3 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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