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Species of butterfly
Desert orange tip
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C. e. antigone Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Pieridae
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Genus:
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Colotis
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Species:
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C. evagore
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Binomial name
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Colotis evagore
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Synonyms
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- Pontia evagore Klug, 1829
- Teracolus saxeus Swinhoe, 1884
- Anthocharis antigone Boisduval, 1836
- Anthocharis phlegetonia Boisduval, 1836
- Anthocharis delphine Boisduval, 1836
- Anthocharis eione Boisduval, 1836
- Anthocharis isaura Lucas, 1852
- Anthocharis heuglini Felder and Felder, 1859
- Anthopsyche demagore Felder and Felder, 1865
- Teracolus interruptus Butler, 1872
- Teracolus flaminia Butler, 1876
- Teracolus lycoris Butler, 1876
- Teracolus lyaeus Butler, 1876
- Teracolus friga Butler, 1876
- Teracolus galathinus Butler, 1876
- Teracolus glycera Butler, 1876
- Teracolus lucullus Butler, 1876
- Teracolus gelasinus Butler, 1876
- Callosune pseudetrida Westwood, 1881
- Callosune ramaquabana Westwood, 1881
- Teracolus coniger Butler, 1882
- Teracolus minans Butler, 1882
- Teracolus xanthus Swinhoe, 1884
- Teracolus jamesi Butler, 1886
- Teracolus comptus Butler, 1888
- Teracolus bifasciatus Sharpe, 1890
- Teracolus emini Butler, 1891
- Teracolus metagone Holland, 1896
- Colotis antigone antigone f. contrasta Talbot, 1939
- Colotis antigone antigone f. decolor Talbot, 1939
- Colotis antigone antigone f. luvua Talbot, 1939
- Colotis antigone antigone f. bianca Talbot, 1939
- Colotis antigone antigone f. wa Talbot, 1939
- Colotis antigone antigone f. xanthotes Talbot, 1939
- Colotis evagore antigone f. nuba Talbot, 1942
- Colotis evagore antigone f. muansa Talbot, 1942
- Colotis evagore antigone f. mashona Talbot, 1942
- Colotis evagore antigone f. cataracta Talbot, 1942
- Colotis evagore antigone f. arenosa Talbot, 1942
- Colotis evagore f. polynices Stoneham, 1957
- Teracolus niveus Butler, 1881
- Teracolus candidus Butler, 1881
- Anthocharis nouna Lucas, 1849
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Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a
The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.[3]
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis and Cadaba species.[3]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized:[2]
- C. e. evagore Klug, 1829 – small orange tip (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- C. e. nouna Lucas, 1849 (Spain, north-west Africa)
- C. e. antigone Boisduval, 1836 (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
- C. e. niveus Butler, 1881 (Socotra)
References
- . Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Colotis evagore | |
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Pontia evagore | |
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