Colotis (Colotis) evenina evenina (Wallengren) - 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.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
CapparaceaeCapparis
Larval food (by plant species):
CapparaceaeBoscia albitrunca

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Butterfly species: Colotis evenina evenina.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400340, retrieved 24 May 2013

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