Colotis evenina evenina - Common orange tip

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Colotis evenina
Colotis evenina

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Hot Springs, Save Valley (left) and Kutsaga, Harare (right).

Species details:

Note: The photographs show the male (left) and the female (right).
Distribution: Throughout the drier parts of Southern Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
CapparaceaeCapparis (Food plant)
Related plant species:
CapparaceaeBoscia albitrunca (Food plant)
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Colotis evenina evenina.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400340, retrieved 4 December 2024

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