Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.
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C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
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Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Colotis |
Species: | C. euippe
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Binomial name | |
Colotis euippe | |
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The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.[3]
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.[3]
Subspecies
editThe 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. mediata Talbot, 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. mirei Bernardi, 1960 (Tibesti Mountains in Chad)
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C. e. euippe, male
Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana -
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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.