''Colotis'', called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
of the subfamily
Pierinae
The Pierinae are a large subfamily of Pieridae, pierid butterfly, butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites.
Species
It includes the following species (additional species can be found und ...
found mainly in
Africa
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and south-western
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
. 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 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically within subgroups:
''Colotis''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Subgenus ''Colotis'' Hübner, 819
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Events
By place
Europe
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*'' 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, Tanzania, Uganda, northeastern Zaire, Malawi and northwest Zambia.
The larva feeds ...
'' (Butler, 1883) – African golden, Arab veined, or gold double-banded orange
*'' Colotis aurora'' (Cramer, 780
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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 wingspa ...
'' (Lucas, 1852) – sulphur orange tip or yellow orange tip
*'' Colotis celimene'' (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'' (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'' (Wallengren, 1857) – common orange tip
*'' Colotis fausta'' (Olivier, 1804) – (large) salmon Arab
*'' Colotis guenei'' (Mabille, 1877) – Madagascar red-tip
*'' Colotis halimede'' (Klug, 1829) – yellow patch, white orange patch white, white and orange Halimede, or dappled white
*'' Colotis hetaera'' (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 Salvador ...
'' (Butler, 1881)
*'' Colotis ione'' (Godart, 1819) – Bushveld purple tip, (common) purple tip or violet tip
*'' Colotis lais'' (Butler, 1876)
*'' Colotis liagore'' (Klug, 1829)
*'' Colotis mananhari'' (Ward, 1870) – chevron white
*'' Colotis pallene'' (Hopffer, 1855) – Bushveld orange tip
*''Colotis phisadia
''Colotis phisadia'', the blue-spotted Arab, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Kuwait, Uganda, Arabia, the Near ...
'' (Godart, 1819) – blue-spotted Arab or variable colotis
*''Colotis protractus
''Colotis protractus'', the Blue Spotted Arab, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North West India, Punjab (region), Punjab and Balochistan.
Subspecies
*''Colotis protractus protractus''
*''Colotis protractus semiramis'' Grum- ...
'' 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'' (Le Cerf, 1922)
*'' Colotis venosa'' (Staudinger, 1885) – no patch white
*'' Colotis vesta'' (Reiche, 1849) – veined orange, veined tip, or veined golden Arab
*''Colotis vestalis
''Colotis vestalis'', the white Arab, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Pakistan, Iran, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania. It has a wingspan of 4–5 cm.
Descr ...
'' (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'' (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
References
External links
Pteron
Images
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 16 et seq.
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Butterflies of Africa
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Taxa described in 1819