Colotis celimene

Lilac tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. celimene
Binomial name
	Colotis celimene; (H. Lucas, 1852)
Synonyms
	Anthocharis celimene H. Lucas, 1852; Anthocharis amina Hewitson, [1862]; Anthopsyche pholoe Wallengren, 1860; Anthocharis phaenon Trimen, 1863; Teracolus praeclarus Butler, 1886; Teracolus celimene var. sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905;

Colotis celimene, the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Description

The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year round, peaking from March to May.

Adults are observed residing near tall trees and thorny vegetation. They hover up to approximately 4 metres above ground level.

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. c. celimene (H. Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Eswatini, South Africa)
C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)
C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)
C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan)

1 2 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
↑ Woodhall, Steve (2001). "Looking for Dira". Metamorphosis. 12 (2). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 50–52. ISSN 1018-6490 – via Lepsoc.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ignored ISSN errors (link)
↑ Savela, Markku (February 24, 2019). "Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

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