Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain and southwest Arabia.
The wingspan is 28âÂÂ35 mm in males and 28âÂÂ38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis and Cadaba species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized:
- Colotis evagore evagore <small>Klug, 1829</small> â small orange tip (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
- Colotis evagore nouna <small>Lucas, 1849</small> (Spain, north-west Africa)
- Colotis evagore antigone <small>Boisduval, 1836</small> (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
- Colotis evagore niveus <small>Butler, 1881</small> (Socotra)
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