Colotis euippe

Colotis euippe
	C. e. euippe male; Bobiri Forest, Ghana
	Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. euippe
Binomial name
	Colotis euippe; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Papilio euippe Linnaeus, 1758; Papilio arethusa Drury, 1773; Papilio hanna Herbst, 1792; Pieris amytis Godart, 1819; Anthocharis cebrene Boisduval, 1836; Anthocharis ocale Boisduval, 1836; Anthocharis eurygone Lucas, 1852; Anthopsyche epigone Felder and Felder, 1865; Teracolus pseudocale Butler, 1876; Teracolus angolensis Butler, 1876; Teracolus microcale Butler, 1876; Teracolus suffusus Butler, 1876; Teracolus loandicus Butler, 1872; Teracolus evippe ab. pulveratula Strand, 1913; Teracolus evippe ab. mokundangensis Strand, 1913; Colotis evippe evippe f. leucoma Talbot, 1939; Teracolus complexivus Butler, 1886; Teracolus pyrrhopterus Butler, 1894; Colotis evippe f. mugenya Stoneham, 1940; Colotis evippe f. lydia Stoneham, 1957; Colotis evippe f. deineira Stoneham, 1957; Colotis evippe f. evander Stoneham, 1957; Anthocharis exole Reiche, 1850; Anthopsyche roxane Felder and Felder, 1865; Colotis evippe f. ochroleucus Talbot, 1939; Colotis paradoxa Dufrane, 1947; Pieris omphale Godart, 1819; Anthocharis theogone Boisduval, 1836; Anthopsyche procne Wallengren, 1857; Anthopsyche acte Felder and Felder, 1865; Teracolus omphaloides Butler, 1876; Teracolus hybridus Butler, 1876; Colotis evippe omphale f. ochreata Talbot, 1939; Colotis euippe f. arcuata van Son, 1949; Colotis euippe f. namaqua van Son, 1949;

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

Description

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

Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions.

Habitat and behavior

The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

C. e. euippe (Linnaeus, 1758) – round-winged orange tip (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 (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)

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #63. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

C. e. euippe, male
Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ghana
C. e. complexivus, male
Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
C. e. omphale male, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
C. e. omphale female, Maputo National Park, Mozambique

Life cycle gallery

Larva on Capparis sepiaria
Larva
Larva pupating
Pupa
Recently hatched from pupa
Opening wings
Wings open
Underside

References

↑ 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.
1 2 Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
↑ Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 28. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[1] 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.

[funet-2] 1 2 Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[Woodhall-3] 1 2 3 Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

[4] Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3): 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.

[5] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[6] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 28. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

Taxon identifiers
Colotis euippe	Wikidata: Q1346404 Wikispecies: Colotis euippe BOLD: 55137 CoL: 5ZML5 EoL: 176375 GBIF (old): 1920370 iNaturalist: 68495 Insecta.pro: 16621 IRMNG: 10865288 IUCN: 162641215 LepIndex: 175996 NCBI: 943179 Open Tree of Life: 1000340
Papilio euippe	Wikidata: Q109585103 GBIF (old): 9850973

Colotis euippe

C. e. euippe male Bobiri Forest, Ghana

Female, uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. euippe
Binomial name
*Colotis euippe* (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio euippe Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio arethusa Drury, 1773 Papilio hanna Herbst, 1792 Pieris amytis Godart, 1819 Anthocharis cebrene Boisduval, 1836 Anthocharis ocale Boisduval, 1836 Anthocharis eurygone Lucas, 1852 Anthopsyche epigone Felder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus pseudocale Butler, 1876 Teracolus angolensis Butler, 1876 Teracolus microcale Butler, 1876 Teracolus suffusus Butler, 1876 Teracolus loandicus Butler, 1872 Teracolus evippe ab. pulveratula Strand, 1913 Teracolus evippe ab. mokundangensis Strand, 1913 Colotis evippe evippe f. leucoma Talbot, 1939 Teracolus complexivus Butler, 1886 Teracolus pyrrhopterus Butler, 1894 Colotis evippe f. mugenya Stoneham, 1940 Colotis evippe f. lydia Stoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. deineira Stoneham, 1957 Colotis evippe f. evander Stoneham, 1957 Anthocharis exole Reiche, 1850 Anthopsyche roxane Felder and Felder, 1865 Colotis evippe f. ochroleucus Talbot, 1939 Colotis paradoxa Dufrane, 1947 Pieris omphale Godart, 1819 Anthocharis theogone Boisduval, 1836 Anthopsyche procne Wallengren, 1857 Anthopsyche acte Felder and Felder, 1865 Teracolus omphaloides Butler, 1876 Teracolus hybridus Butler, 1876 Colotis evippe omphale f. ochreata Talbot, 1939 Colotis euippe f. arcuata van Son, 1949 Colotis euippe f. namaqua van Son, 1949