Colotis evagore
Species of butterfly
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Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain and southwest Arabia.[2]
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| Colotis evagore | |
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| C. e. antigone Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda | |
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| male C. e. antigone, Ghana | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. evagore |
| Binomial name | |
| Colotis evagore | |
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The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.[3]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized:[2]
- Colotis evagore evagore Klug, 1829 – small orange tip (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- Colotis evagore nouna Lucas, 1849 (Spain, north-west Africa)
- Colotis evagore antigone Boisduval, 1836 (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
- Colotis evagore niveus Butler, 1881 (Socotra)
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