Biology:Colotis euippe

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Colotis euippe
Round-winged orange tip (Colotis euippe euippe) male.jpg
C. e. euippe male
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Smoky orange tip (Colotis euippe omphale) female.jpg
Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. euippe
Binomial name
Colotis euippe
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.

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

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)

  • 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

Life cycle gallery

  • Larva on Capparis sepiaria

  • Larva

  • Larva pupating

  • Pupa

  • Recently hatched from pupa

  • Opening wings

  • Wings open

  • Underside

References

  1. ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162641215/162641224. Retrieved 15 June 2022. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1346404 entry




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