Colotis doubledayi

Doubleday's Tip
C. d. doubledayi, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. doubledayi
Binomial name
Colotis doubledayi (Hopffer, 1862)[1]
Subspecies
C. d. doubledayi C. d. angolanus Talbot, 1929 C. d. flavulus Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997
Synonyms
Idmaeus doubledayi Hopffer, 1862 Idmaeus vesta Trimen, 1862 Idmais hewitsoni Kirby, 1871 Teracolus doubledayi Butler, 1897

The Doubleday's Tip or Doubleday's Orange (Colotis doubledayi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 32–40 mm in males and 34–45 mm in females. The adults have two broods from September to October and April to May.^[2]

The larva feed on Maerua schinzii.^[2]

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