Colotis vesta

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Colotis vesta		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis Rank Species

Similar Colotis celimene, Colotis antevippe, Colotis evenina, Colotis eris, Colotis ione

Colotis vesta, the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) in males and 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in) in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.

The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

C. v. amelia (Lucas, 1852) (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria)

C. v. argillaceus (Butler, 1877) (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)

C. v. catachrysops (Butler, 1878) (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)

C. v. hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania)

C. v. kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)

C. v. mutans (Butler, 1877) (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia)

C. v. princeps Talbot, 1939 (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

C. v. rhodesinus (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

C. v. velleda (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan)

C. v. vesta (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

References

Colotis vesta Wikipedia

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