Colotis antevippe

Colotis antevippe
Male Colotis antevippe exole Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. antevippe
Binomial name
Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836) [2]
Synonyms
Anthocharis antevippeBoisduval, 1836 Teracolus carteriButler, 1882 Anthopsyche gavisaWallengren, 1857 Papilio achineStoll, 1781 Teracolus harmonidesButler, 1876 Teracolus ithonusButler, 1876 Teracolus hippocreneButler, 1876 Teracolus igniferButler, 1876 Teracolus simplexButler, 1876 Teracolus hyperidesButler, 1876 Teracolus heroButler, 1876 Teracolus trimeniButler, 1876 Callosune damarensisAurivillius, 1879 Teracolus fumidusSwinhoe, 1884 Callosune haevernickiStaudinger, 1885 Teracolus luederitziSuffert, 1904 Colotis subgavisaDufrane, 1947 Anthocharis zeraLucas, 1852 Teracolus helleButler, 1876 Teracolus subvenosusButler, 1883 Teracolus lauraSharpe, 1890 Teracolus achine var. antevippe ab. sulphureaRebel, 1914 Teracolus achine f. clarescensJoicey and Talbot, 1927 Colotis antevippe f. rosanidesStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. castanoidesStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. roseataStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. leanderStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. subalbaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosaflavaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosamariaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosalindaeStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosareductaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. citrinellaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. flavinellaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. flavireductaStoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. albissimaStoneham, 1957

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

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults fly year-round. ^[3]

The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca , Boscia oleoides , Capparis sepiara , Maerua cafra , and Maerua juncea . ^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: ^[2]

• 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, Eswatini)

Gallery

• 
  Male C. a. exole
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
• 
  Female C. a. exole
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda

References

1. Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Colotis antevippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T162641178A162641181. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162641178A162641181.en . Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 17

External links

• Images representing Colotis antevippe at BOLD