''Colotis'', called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of

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of the subfamily

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found mainly in

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and south-western

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. The larvae of all ''Colotis'' species specialize on plants in the family

Capparaceae The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 33 genera and about 700 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about ...

Species

Listed alphabetically within subgroups:''Colotis''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Subgenus ''Colotis'' Hübner,

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/small>: *'' Colotis amata'' (Fabricius, 1775) – topaz Arab or small salmon Arab *'' Colotis antevippe'' (Boisduval, 1836) – large orange tip or red tip *''

Colotis aurigineus ''Colotis aurigineus'', the African golden Arab, veined gold or double-banded orange, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, northeastern Zaire, Malawi and northwest Zambia. The larva A larva (; ...

'' (Butler, 1883) – African golden, Arab veined, or gold double-banded orange *''

Colotis aurora ''Colotis aurora'', the sulphur orange tip or plain orange-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Asia and Africa. The nominate subspecies, ''Colotis aurora aurora'' is found in India and Sri Lanka. The other subspecies, '' ...

'' (Cramer,

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– plain orange tip *''

Colotis auxo ''Colotis auxo'', the yellow orange tip or sulphur orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in southern Africa and is named after the Keiskamma River. The wings ...

'' (Lucas, 1852) – sulphur orange tip or yellow orange tip *''

Colotis celimene ''Colotis celimene'', the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly yea ...

'' (Lucas, 1852) – lilac tip or magenta tip *'' Colotis chrysonome'' (Klug, 1829) – golden Arab *'' Colotis daira'' (Klug, 1829) – black-marked orange tip *'' Colotis danae'' (Fabricius, 1775) – scarlet tip or crimson tip *'' Colotis dissociatus'' (Butler, 1897) *'' Colotis doubledayi'' (Hopffer, 1862) – Doubleday's tip *''

Colotis elgonensis ''Colotis elgonensis'', the Elgon crimson tip or mountain crimson tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania. The habi ...

'' (Sharpe, 1891) – Elgon crimson tip *'' Colotis ephyia'' (Klug, 1829) *'' Colotis erone'' (Angas, 1849) – coast purple tip *'' Colotis etrida'' (Boisduval, 1836) – (small) orange tip *'' Colotis eucharis'' (Fabricius, 1775) – plain orange tip or sulphur orange tip *'' Colotis euippe'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – round winged orange tip *'' Colotis eunoma'' (Hopffer, 1855) – three spot crimson tip *'' Colotis evagore'' (Klug, 1829) – desert orange tip, small orange tip or tiny orange tip *'' Colotis evanthe'' (Boisduval, 1836) – Madagascar orange-tip *'' Colotis evanthides'' (Holland, 1896) *''

Colotis evenina ''Colotis evenina'', the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. Description and habits The wingspan is 38–45 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round. ...

'' (Wallengren, 1857) – common orange tip *'' Colotis fausta'' (Olivier, 1804) – (large) salmon Arab *''

Colotis guenei ''Colotis guenei'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), ...

'' (Mabille, 1877) – Madagascar red-tip *'' Colotis halimede'' (Klug, 1829) – yellow patch, white orange patch white, white and orange Halimede, or dappled white *''

Colotis hetaera ''Colotis hetaera'', the eastern purple tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Arabia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and North Africa. The habitat consists of savann ...

'' (Gerstaecker, 1871) – crimson tip or coast purple tip *'' Colotis hildebrandti'' (Staudinger, 1885) – golden tip *''

Colotis incretus ''Colotis incretus'', the yellow orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in southern Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of moist savanna. The larvae feed on ''Capparis'', '' Salvadora persica'' and ' ...

'' (Butler, 1881) *'' Colotis ione'' (Godart, 1819) – Bushveld purple tip, (common) purple tip or violet tip *'' Colotis lais'' (Butler, 1876) *''

Colotis liagore ''Colotis liagore'', the desert orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, northern Senegal, northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabia and the Baluchistan coast of Iran, United Arab Emirates ...

'' (Klug, 1829) *'' Colotis mananhari'' (Ward, 1870) – chevron white *'' Colotis pallene'' (Hopffer, 1855) – Bushveld orange tip *'' Colotis phisadia'' (Godart, 1819) – blue-spotted Arab or variable colotis *'' Colotis protractus'' Butler, 1876 *'' Colotis pleione'' (Klug, 1829) – orange patch white *'' Colotis protomedia'' (Klug, 1829) – yellow splendour *'' Colotis regina'' (Trimen, 1863) – large violet tip, regal purple tip, or queen purple tip *''

Colotis rogersi ''Colotis rogersi'', the Rogers' orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in northern Kenya, southern Ethiopia and south-eastern Sudan. The habitat consists of very dry savanna. The larvae feed on ''Capparis ''Capparis' ...

'' (Dixey, 1915) – Rogers' orange tip *''

Colotis ungemachi ''Colotis ungemachi'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, north-eastern Ethiopia and possibly Sudan. The species is named after Henri Ungemach Henri Léon Ungemach (19 September 1879 – ...

'' (Le Cerf, 1922) *'' Colotis venosa'' (Staudinger, 1885) – no patch white *''

Colotis vesta ''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 in males and in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer ...

'' (Reiche, 1849) – veined orange, veined tip, or veined golden Arab *'' Colotis vestalis'' (Butler, 1876) – white Arab *'' Colotis zoe'' (Grandidier, 1867) – violet-tip Subgenus ''Teracolus'' (Swainson, 1833): *'' Colotis eris'' (Klug, 1829) – banded gold tip or black-barred gold tip *''

Colotis subfasciatus ''Colotis subfasciatus'', the lemon tip or lemon traveller, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The habitat consists of savannah and '' Brachystegia'' woodland. The wingspan is 45–52 mm in males a ...

'' (Swainson, 1833) – lemon traveller or lemon tip Subgenus ''Cuneacolotis'' (Henning ''et al.'', 1997): *'' Colotis agoye'' (Wallengren, 1857) – speckled sulphur tip Subgenus ''Gideona'' (Klots, 1933): *'' Colotis lucasi'' (Grandidier, 1867) – giant orange-tip Status unknown: *''Colotis fallax'' (Wichgraf, 1913), described from East Africa

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Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 16 et seq.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q532473 Butterflies of Africa Pieridae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner