Colotis ione - Bushveld purple tip

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Colotis ione
Colotis ione
Colotis ione

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Catapu, Mozambique (left & centre) and Chipinda Pools, Gonarhezou National Park (right).

Species details:

Notes: The photographs show the male (left) and the female (centre and right).
Distribution: Most parts of Southern Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
CapparaceaeMaerua (Food plant)
Related plant species:
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 289.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 326.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Colotis ione .
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400930, retrieved 1 December 2024

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