Biology:Colotis vesta

Short description: Species of butterfly

Veined tip
Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Veined golden arab, C. v. princeps Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. vesta
Binomial name
Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1849)
Synonyms
Idmaeus vesta Reiche, 1849 Teracolus vesta Butler, 1897 Colotis vesta vesta f. ops Talbot, 1942 Idmais amelia Lucas, 1852 Teracolus armitagei Dudgeon, 1916 Teracolus amelia f. insignis Rothschild, 1921 Teracolus argillaceus Butler, 1877 Colotis vesta argillaceus f. pluvius Talbot, 1939 Teracolus catachrysops Butler, 1878 Teracolus vesta ab. agapita Hulstaert, 1924 Colotis vesta f. kibwezi Stoneham, 1939 Teracolus hanningtoni Butler, 1883 Teracolus bipartitus Rothschild, 1894 Teracolus amelia hanningtoni f. nigrescens Le Doux, 1929 Colotis vesta f. kitgi Stoneham, 1939 Colotis vesta f. ilia Stoneham, 1957 Teracolus mutans Butler, 1877 Colotis vesta mutans f. arida Talbot, 1939 Teracolus rhodesinus Butler, 1894 Teracolus vesta ab. virescens Hulstaert, 1924 Idmais velleda Lucas, 1852

Colotis vesta, the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) in males and 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in) in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.

The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

• C. v. amelia (Lucas, 1852) (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria)
• C. v. argillaceus (Butler, 1877) (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini)
• C. v. catachrysops (Butler, 1878) (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
• C. v. hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
• C. v. kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
• C. v. mutans (Butler, 1877) (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia)
• C. v. princeps Talbot, 1939 (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• C. v. rhodesinus (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• C. v. velleda (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan)
• C. v. vesta (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia)

• 

  C. v. argillaceus
  Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa

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  C. v. hanningtoni
  Soysambu Conservancy, Kenya

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1367308 entry