Colotis antevippe, the red tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
The wingspan is 40âÂÂ45 mm. The adults fly year-round.
The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca, Boscia oleoides, Capparis sepiara, Maerua cafra, and Maerua juncea.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- C. a. antevippe (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon)
- C. a. zera <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small> (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
- C. a. gavisa <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small> (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini)
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