Colotis euippe

Colotis euippe
C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. euippe
Binomial name
Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)  [2]
Synonyms
Papilio euippeLinnaeus, 1758 Papilio arethusaDrury, 1773 Papilio hannaHerbst, 1792 Pieris amytisGodart, 1819 Anthocharis cebreneBoisduval, 1836 Anthocharis ocaleBoisduval, 1836 Anthocharis eurygoneLucas, 1852 Anthopsyche epigoneFelder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus pseudocaleButler, 1876 Teracolus angolensisButler, 1876 Teracolus microcaleButler, 1876 Teracolus suffususButler, 1876 Teracolus loandicusButler, 1872 Teracolus evippe ab. pulveratulaStrand, 1913 Teracolus evippe ab. mokundangensisStrand, 1913 Colotis evippe evippe f. leucomaTalbot, 1939 Teracolus complexivusButler, 1886 Teracolus pyrrhopterusButler, 1894 Colotis evippe f. mugenyaStoneham, 1940 Colotis evippe f. lydiaStoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. deineiraStoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. evanderStoneham, 1957 Anthocharis exoleReiche, 1850 Anthopsyche roxaneFelder and Felder, 1865 Colotis evippe f. ochroleucusTalbot, 1939 Colotis paradoxaDufrane, 1947 Pieris omphaleGodart, 1819 Anthocharis theogoneBoisduval, 1836 Anthopsyche procneWallengren, 1857 Anthopsyche acteFelder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus omphaloidesButler, 1876 Teracolus hybridusButler, 1876 Colotis evippe omphale f. ochreataTalbot, 1939 Colotis euippe f. arcuatavan Son, 1949 Colotis euippe f. namaquavan Son, 1949

Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Description

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round. ^[3]

Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions. ^[4]

Habitat and behavior

The larvae feed on Maerua , Capparis , Cadaba , and Boscia species. ^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• C. e. euippe(Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip ^[2] (southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola)
• C. e. mediataTalbot, 1939 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, northern and western Zimbabwe)
• C. e. omphale(Godart, 1819) – smoky orange tip ^[3] (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Comoros)
• C. e. complexivus (Butler, 1886) (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, southern Somalia)
• C. e. exole(Reiche, 1850) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
• C. e. mireiBernardi, 1960 (Tibesti Mountains in Chad)

• 
  C. e. euippe, male
  Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana
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  C. e. complexivus, male
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
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  C. e. omphale male, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• 
  C. e. omphale female, Maputo National Park, Mozambique

Life cycle gallery

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  Larva on Capparis sepiaria
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  Larva
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  Larva pupating
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  Pupa
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  Recently hatched from pupa
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  Opening wings
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  Wings open
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  Underside

References

1. Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Colotis euippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T162641215A162641224. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162641215A162641224.en . Retrieved 15 June 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.
4. Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN   2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.