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Colotis antevippe (Red Tip)

Synonyms: Anthocharis antevippe; Callosune haevernicki; Teracolus luederitzi

Wikipedia Abstract

Colotis antevippe, the red tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is 45–45 mm. The adults fly year round. The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca, Boscia oleoides, Capparis sepiara, Maerua cafra, and Maerua juncea.
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Infraspecies

Colotis antevippe antevippe
Colotis antevippe gavisa

Prey / Diet

Boscia albitrunca (Shepherd's Tree)[1]
Maerua triphylla[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0