Colotis antevippe
| Red Tip |
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| Colotis antevippe E, F |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pieridae |
| Genus: |
Colotis |
| Species: |
C. antevippe |
| Binomial name |
Colotis antevippe
(Boisduval, 1836)[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Anthocharis antevippe Boisduval, 1836
- Teracolus carteri Butler, 1882
- Anthopsyche gavisa Wallengren, 1857
- Papilio achine Stoll, 1781
- Teracolus harmonides Butler, 1876
- Teracolus ithonus Butler, 1876
- Teracolus hippocrene Butler, 1876
- Teracolus ignifer Butler, 1876
- Teracolus simplex Butler, 1876
- Teracolus hyperides Butler, 1876
- Teracolus hero Butler, 1876
- Teracolus trimeni Butler, 1876
- Callosune damarensis Aurivillius, 1879
- Teracolus fumidus Swinhoe, 1884
- Callosune haevernicki Staudinger, 1885
- Teracolus luederitzi Suffert, 1904
- Colotis subgavisa Dufrane, 1947
- Anthocharis zera Lucas, 1852
- Teracolus helle Butler, 1876
- Teracolus subvenosus Butler, 1883
- Teracolus laura Sharpe, 1890
- Teracolus achine var. antevippe ab. sulphurea Rebel, 1914
- Teracolus achine f. clarescens Joicey and Talbot, 1927
- Colotis antevippe f. rosanides Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. castanoides Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. roseata Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. leander Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. subalba Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. rosaflava Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. rosamaria Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. rosalindae Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. rosareducta Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. citrinella Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. flavinella Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. flavireducta Stoneham, 1957
- Colotis antevippe f. albissima Stoneham, 1957
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The Red Tip (Colotis antevippe) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 45–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round.[2]
The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca, Boscia oleoides, Capparis sepiara, Maerua cafra, and Maerua juncea.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- 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 Congo, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
- C. a. gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colotis, funet.fi
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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