Colotis antevippe

Colotis antevippe, the red tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Red tip
C. a. antevippe ♂♂ in Ghana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. antevippe
Binomial name
Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)[2]
Synonyms
Anthocharis antevippe Boisduval, 1836 Teracolus carteri Butler, 1882 Anthopsyche gavisa Wallengren, 1857 Papilio achine Stoll, 1781 Teracolus harmonides Butler, 1876 Teracolus ithonus Butler, 1876 Teracolus hippocrene Butler, 1876 Teracolus ignifer Butler, 1876 Teracolus simplex Butler, 1876 Teracolus hyperides Butler, 1876 Teracolus hero Butler, 1876 Teracolus trimeni Butler, 1876 Callosune damarensis Aurivillius, 1879 Teracolus fumidus Swinhoe, 1884 Callosune haevernicki Staudinger, 1885 Teracolus luederitzi Suffert, 1904 Colotis subgavisa Dufrane, 1947 Anthocharis zera Lucas, 1852 Teracolus helle Butler, 1876 Teracolus subvenosus Butler, 1883 Teracolus laura Sharpe, 1890 Teracolus achine var. antevippe ab. sulphurea Rebel, 1914 Teracolus achine f. clarescens Joicey and Talbot, 1927 Colotis antevippe f. rosanides Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. castanoides Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. roseata Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. leander Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. subalba Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosaflava Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosamaria Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosalindae Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. rosareducta Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. citrinella Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. flavinella Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. flavireducta Stoneham, 1957 Colotis antevippe f. albissima Stoneham, 1957

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.^[3]

The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca, Boscia oleoides, Capparis sepiara, Maerua cafra, and Maerua juncea.^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[2]

• C. a. antevippe (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon)
• C. a. zera (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
• C. a. gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini)

Gallery

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  Male C. a. antevippe
  Gambia
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  Male C. a. exole
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
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  Male C. a. exole
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
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  Female C. a. exole
  Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda