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Species of butterfly

Colotis euippe

C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana

Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. euippe
Binomial name
*Colotis euippe* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio euippe Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio arethusa Drury, 1773 Papilio hanna Herbst, 1792 Pieris amytis Godart, 1819 Anthocharis cebrene Boisduval, 1836 Anthocharis ocale Boisduval, 1836 Anthocharis eurygone Lucas, 1852 Anthopsyche epigone Felder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus pseudocale Butler, 1876 Teracolus angolensis Butler, 1876 Teracolus microcale Butler, 1876 Teracolus suffusus Butler, 1876 Teracolus loandicus Butler, 1872 Teracolus evippe ab. pulveratula Strand, 1913 Teracolus evippe ab. mokundangensis Strand, 1913 Colotis evippe evippe f. leucoma Talbot, 1939 Teracolus complexivus Butler, 1886 Teracolus pyrrhopterus Butler, 1894 Colotis evippe f. mugenya Stoneham, 1940 Colotis evippe f. lydia Stoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. deineira Stoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. evander Stoneham, 1957 Anthocharis exole Reiche, 1850 Anthopsyche roxane Felder and Felder, 1865 Colotis evippe f. ochroleucus Talbot, 1939 Colotis paradoxa Dufrane, 1947 Pieris omphale Godart, 1819 Anthocharis theogone Boisduval, 1836 Anthopsyche procne Wallengren, 1857 Anthopsyche acte Felder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus omphaloides Butler, 1876 Teracolus hybridus Butler, 1876 Colotis evippe omphale f. ochreata Talbot, 1939 Colotis euippe f. arcuata van Son, 1949 Colotis euippe f. namaqua van Son, 1949

Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Description

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.

Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions.

Habitat and behavior

The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. e. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip (southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola)
C. e. mediata Talbot, 1939 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, northern and western Zimbabwe)
C. e. omphale (Godart, 1819) – smoky orange tip (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Comoros)
C. e. complexivus (Butler, 1886) (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, southern Somalia)
C. e. exole (Reiche, 1850) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
C. e. mirei Bernardi, 1960 (Tibesti Mountains in Chad)

C. e. euippe, male
Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana
C. e. complexivus, male
Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
C. e. omphale male, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
C. e. omphale female, Maputo National Park, Mozambique

Life cycle gallery

Larva on Capparis sepiaria
Larva
Larva pupating
Pupa
Recently hatched from pupa
Opening wings
Wings open
Underside

References

Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Colotis euippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162641215A162641224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162641215A162641224.en. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.

Taxon identifiers
Colotis euippe	Wikidata: Q1346404 Wikispecies: Colotis euippe BOLD: 55137 CoL: 5ZML5 EoL: 176375 GBIF: 1920370 iNaturalist: 68495 IRMNG: 10865288 IUCN: 162641215 LepIndex: 175996 NCBI: 943179 Open Tree of Life: 1000340
Papilio euippe	Wikidata: Q109585103 GBIF: 9850973

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