Colotis euippe

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

Colotis euippe
C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. euippe
Binomial name
Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) [2]
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

Description

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.^[3]

Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions.^[4]

Habitat and behavior

The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• C. e. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip^[2] (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^[3] (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)

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

Life cycle gallery

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