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Colotis euippe

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Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.^[3]

The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.^[3]

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. e. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip^[2] (southern Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola)
C. e. mediata Talbot, 1939 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, northern and western Zimbabwe)
C. e. omphale (Godart, 1819) – smoky orange tip^[3] (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, Comoros)
C. e. complexivus (Butler, 1886) (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, southern Somalia)
C. e. exole (Reiche, 1850) (southern Sudan, southern Ethiopia, Somalia, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
C. e. mirei Bernardi, 1960 (Tibesti Mountains in Chad)

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^ Westrip, J.R.S. (2021). "Colotis euippe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T162641215A162641224. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162641215A162641224.en. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

Colotis euippe: Brief Summary

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Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round.