Colotis celimene
| Lilac Tip | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. celimene |
| Binomial name | |
| Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852) | |
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The Lilac Tip or Magenta Tip (Colotis celimene) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year round, peaking from March to May.[1]
The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.[1]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[2]
- C. c. celimene (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
- C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Swaziland, South Africa)
- C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)
- C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)
- C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
- C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan)