Colotis


Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia. The larvae of all Colotis
species specialize on plants in the family Capparaceae.

Species

Listed alphabetically within subgroups:
Subgenus Colotis Hübner, :
  • Colotis amata – topaz Arab or small salmon Arab
  • Colotis antevippe – large orange tip or red tip
  • Colotis aurigineus – African golden, Arab veined, or gold double-banded orange
  • Colotis aurora – plain orange tip
  • Colotis auxo – sulphur orange tip or yellow orange tip
  • Colotis celimene – lilac tip or magenta tip
  • Colotis chrysonome – golden Arab
  • Colotis daira – black-marked orange tip
  • Colotis danae – scarlet tip or crimson tip
  • Colotis dissociatus
  • Colotis doubledayi – Doubleday's tip
  • Colotis elgonensis – Elgon crimson tip
  • Colotis ephyia
  • Colotis erone – coast purple tip
  • Colotis etrida – orange tip
  • Colotis eucharis – plain orange tip or sulphur orange tip
  • Colotis euippe – round winged orange tip
  • Colotis eunoma – three spot crimson tip
  • Colotis evagore – desert orange tip, small orange tip or tiny orange tip
  • Colotis evanthe – Madagascar orange-tip
  • Colotis evanthides
  • Colotis evenina – common orange tip
  • Colotis fausta – salmon Arab
  • Colotis guenei – Madagascar red-tip
  • Colotis halimede – yellow patch, white orange patch white, white and orange Halimede, or dappled white
  • Colotis hetaera – crimson tip or coast purple tip
  • Colotis hildebrandti – golden tip
  • Colotis incretus
  • Colotis ione – Bushveld purple tip, purple tip or violet tip
  • Colotis lais
  • Colotis liagore
  • Colotis mananhari – chevron white
  • Colotis pallene – Bushveld orange tip
  • Colotis phisadia – blue-spotted Arab or variable colotis
  • Colotis protractus Butler, 1876
  • Colotis pleione – orange patch white
  • Colotis protomedia – yellow splendour
  • Colotis regina – large violet tip, regal purple tip, or queen purple tip
  • Colotis rogersi – Rogers' orange tip
  • Colotis ungemachi
  • Colotis venosa – no patch white
  • Colotis vesta – veined orange, veined tip, or veined golden Arab
  • Colotis vestalis – white Arab
  • Colotis zoe – violet-tip
Subgenus Teracolus :
Subgenus Cuneacolotis :
Subgenus Gideona :
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