Colotis antevippe

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis

Colotis antevippe, the red tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 45–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca, Boscia oleoides, Capparis sepiara, Maerua cafra, and Maerua juncea.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. a. antevippe (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon)

C. a. zera (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)

C. a. gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)

References

Colotis antevippe Wikipedia

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