Colotis celimene

Lilac tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. celimene
Binomial name
	Colotis celimene; (Lucas, 1852)
Synonyms
	Anthocharis celimene Lucas, 1852; Anthocharis amina Hewitson, [1862]; Anthopsyche pholoe Wallengren, 1860; Anthocharis phaenon Trimen, 1863; Teracolus praeclarus Butler, 1886; Teracolus celimene var. sudanicus Aurivillius, 1905;

Colotis celimene, the lilac tip or magenta tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 37–40 mm. The adults fly year round, peaking from March to May.^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[2]

C. c. celimene (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi)
C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana (east), Swaziland, South Africa)
C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 (Niger, central and western Sudan)
C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) (Angola, western Botswana, Namibia)
C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) (eastern Senegal, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria, Niger to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan)

^ ^a ^b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
^ Colotis, funet.fi

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