''Colotis vesta'', the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

of the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It is found in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is in males and in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn. The

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e feed on ''

Maerua angolensis ''Maerua angolensis'' is a 10m tall, occasionally deciduous tree of the Capparaceae or caper family, often growing on termitaria and in thickets fringing seasonal watercourses, up to 1800m. Though never common, it is widespread in tropical Afric ...

''.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:''Colotis''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' * ''C. v. amelia'' (Lucas, 1852) (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria) * ''C. v. argillaceus'' (Butler, 1877) (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini) * ''C. v. catachrysops'' (Butler, 1878) (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania) * ''C. v. hanningtoni'' (Butler, 1883) (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania) * ''C. v. kagera'' Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania) * ''C. v. mutans'' (Butler, 1877) (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia) * ''C. v. princeps'' Talbot, 1939 (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''C. v. rhodesinus'' (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo) * ''C. v. velleda'' (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan) * ''C. v. vesta'' (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia) Colotis vesta argillaceus Veined Tip.jpg, ''C. v. argillaceus''

Ithala Game Reserve Ithala Game Reserve is situated in 290 km2 of rugged, mountainous thornveld, about 400 km north of Durban, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is one of the youngest game parks in South Africa. The altitude varies from 400 m ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Veined tip (Colotis vesta hanningtoni) underside.jpg, ''C. v. hanningtoni''
Soysambu Conservancy,

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

References

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