''Colotis antevippe'', the red tip, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is 40–45 mm. The adults fly year-round. The

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...

e feed on ''

Boscia albitrunca ''Boscia albitrunca'', commonly known as the shepherd tree or shepherd's tree ( af, Witgat, st, Mohlôpi, tn, Motlôpi, ve, Muvhombwe, xh, Umgqomogqomo, zu, Umvithi), is a protected tree in South Africa. The species epithet "albitrunca" ref ...

'', ''

Boscia oleoides ''Boscia'' is a genus of plants in the family ''Capparaceae''. It contains the following species: *'' Boscia albitrunca'' (Burch) Gilg & Ben. *'' Boscia angustifolia'' A. Rich. *''Boscia arabica'' Pestalozii *''Boscia caffra'' Sond. *''Boscia c ...

'', ''

Capparis sepiara ''Capparis'' is a flowering plant genus, comprising around 250 species in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper sh ...

'', ''

Maerua cafra ''Maerua cafra'' (DC.) Pax is a small Southern African tree belonging to Capparaceae, the caper family, occurring eastwards along the coast from Knysna, then further inland and northwards through KwaZulu-Natal and Eswatini to the Transvaal, s ...

'', and ''

Maerua juncea ''Maerua juncea'', commonly known as the rough-skinned bush cherry, is a plant species in the Capparaceae family. It is native to the Afrotropics The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south ...

''.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:''Colotis''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' *''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

Large orange tip (Colotis euippe) male.jpg, Male ''C. a. antevippe''

Gambia The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...

Large orange tip (Colotis antevippe exole) male.jpg, Male ''C. a. exole''

Semliki Wildlife Reserve The Semliki Wildlife Reserve is a conservation protected area in the Western Region of Uganda with headquarters at Karugutu in Ntoroko District. Geography Semliki Wildlife Reserve is located in Kabarole and Ntoroko districts, in the Toro s ...

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

Large orange tip (Colotis antevippe exole) male underside.jpg, Male ''C. a. exole''

Large orange tip (Colotis antevippe exole) female underside.jpg, Female ''C. a. exole''

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 17

External links

Images representing ''Colotis antevippe''
at

BOLD In typography, emphasis is the strengthening of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text, to highlight them. It is the equivalent of prosody stress in speech. Methods and use The most common methods in ...

Butterflies described in 1836 antevippe Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Pieridae-stub