Colotis vesta, the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
The wingspan is in males and in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.
The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
- C. v. amelia <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small> (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria)
- C. v. argillaceus <small>(Butler, 1877)</small> (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini)
- C. v. catachrysops <small>(Butler, 1878)</small> (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- C. v. hanningtoni <small>(Butler, 1883)</small> (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- C. v. kagera <small>Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998</small> (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
- C. v. mutans <small>(Butler, 1877)</small> (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia)
- C. v. princeps <small>Talbot, 1939</small> (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- C. v. rhodesinus <small>(Butler, 1893)</small> (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- C. v. velleda <small>(Lucas, 1852)</small> (Sudan)
- C. v. vesta <small>(Reiche, 1849)</small> (Ethiopia, Somalia)
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