Colotis agoye

Speckled Sulphur Tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. agoye
Binomial name
*Colotis agoye* (Wallengren, 1857)^[1]
Synonyms
Anthopsyche agoye Wallengren, 1857 Teracolus agoye Butler, 1897 Anthocharis eosphorus Trimen, 1863 Teracolus bowkeri Trimen, 1883 Teracolus zephyrus Marshall, 1897

The Speckled Sulphur Tip (Colotis agoye) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 30–44 mm in males and 32–45 mm in females. The adults fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.^[2]

The larva feed on Boscia and Cadaba species.^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

C. a. agoye (Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, northern Namibia South Africa)
C. a. bowkeri (Trimen, 1883) (south-western Botswana, southern Namibia, South Africa)
C. a. zephyrus (Marshall, 1897) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

References

1 2 Colotis, funet.fi
1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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