Colotis

Colotis Hübner, [1819] Arabs Orange Tips Small Orange Tips

Colotis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (7): 97; TS: Papilio amata Fabricius
Aphrodite Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 95 (preocc. Aphrodite Link, 1807); TS: Papilio euippe Linnaeus
Teracolus Swainson, 1832; Zool. Illustr. (2) 3 (25): pl. 115; TS: Teracolus subfasciatus Swainson
Idmais Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 584; TS: Pontia chrysonome Klug
Callosune Doubleday, [1847]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 57; TS: Papilio danae Fabricius
Anthopsyche Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 10; TS: Papilio achine Stoll
Ptychopteryx Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 17 (preocc. Ptychopteryx Leach, 1817); TS: Ptychopteryx bohemanni Wallengren
Thespia Wallengren, 1858; Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15: 77 (repl. Ptychopteryx Wallengren, 1857); TS: Ptychopteryx bohemanni Wallengren
Calicharis Oberthür, 1876; Étud. d'Ent. 1: 18; TS: Anthocharis delphine Boisduval
Gideona Klots, 1933; Ent. amer. 12 (3): 153, 196; TS: Callidryas lucasi Grandidier
- = Colotis; [AfrL]
Cuneacolotis Henning et al., 1997

Anthopsyche; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Aphrodite; [NHM-BMW]
Calicharis; [NHM-BMW]
Callosune; [NHM-BMW]
Callosune (Pierinae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 128
Colotis; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Colotis (Pierinae); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7
Colotis (Teracolini); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 26
Gideona (Pierinae); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9
Idmais; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Idmais (Pierinae); Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 130
Ptychopteryx; [NHM-BMW]
Thespia; [NHM-BMW]

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Colotis amata (Fabricius, 1775)

AF, Swaziland, Zululand, Transvaal, Botswana, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Ceylon, India. See [maps] Small Salmon Arab Topaz Arab

Papilio amata Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 476
Papili cypraea Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 22
Pontia dynamene Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 17-18 [dry-season]
Teracolus carnifer Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 138, pl. 7, f. 8-9
Teracolus kennedii Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 440

Colotis (Colotis) amata; [AfrL]
Colotis amata; [EBW]; [BOR], 178; [PBSA]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis calais carnifer; [iNaturalist]
Papilio amatus;
Teracolus amatus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 388
amata; [BIR], 438

C. a. amata W.India, C.India, S.India, Africa

Colotis amata amata; [BOR], 178; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 9
Colotis amatus amatus; [BK], 128

C. a. calais (Cramer, [1775]) Southern Africa

Papilio calais Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 84, pl. 53, f. C, D [wet-season]

Colotis (Colotis) amata calais; [AfrL]
Colotis amata calais; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 11-12
Colotis calais calais; [iNaturalist]
Colotis calais; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Papilio calais; Stoll, [1781], in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 118, pl. 351

Misidentified/misapplied:

Colotis calais calais (= Colotis amata amata); [BAFR], 60

C. a. crowleyi (Sharpe, 1898) Madagascar

Teracolus crowleyi Sharpe, 1898
Teracolus crowleyi ab. flavus Aurivillius, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 50, pl. 16 a

Colotis (Colotis) amata crowleyi; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Colotis calais crowleyi; [BAFR], 60 (text); [iNaturalist]

C. a. modesta (Butler, 1876) Ceylon

Teracolus modestus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 137

Colotis amata modesta; [BOR], 178; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 10
Idmais modesta; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 131, pl. 49, f. 2, 2a

C. a. williami Henning & Henning, 1994

Colotis (Colotis) amata williami; [AfrL]
Colotis calais williami; [iNaturalist]

Colotis antevippe (Boisduval, 1836)

SW.Arabia, Tropical Africa (dry zone). See [maps] Large Orange Tip

Anthocharis antevippe Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 572
Papilio achine Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 94, pl. 338, f. E, F (preocc. Papilio achine Scopoli, 1763)
Anthocharis isaura Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 424
?Teracolus achine var. antevippe ab. sulphurea Rebel, 1914; Ann. Mus. Wien. 28: 228
Teracolus ithonus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 145, pl. 6, f. 7
Teracolus harmonides Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 146
Teracolus hippocrene Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 147
Teracolus ignifer Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 147
Teracolus simplex Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 148
Teracolus hyperides Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 149
Teracolus helle Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 149; TL: White Nile
Teracolus hero Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 150, pl. 6, f. [?]12
Teracolus trimeni Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 150
Callosune damarensis Aurivillius, 1879; Ofvers K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 36 (7): 46
Callosune ramaquebana Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 341, pl. E, f. 5-6
Teracolus carteri Butler, 1882; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 227; TL: Accra, Gold Coast
Teracolus subvenosus Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68): 105; TL: Victoria Nyanza
Callosune haevernicki Staudinger, 1884; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 45, (5): pl. 23
Teracolus fumidus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 442, pl. 40, f. 4-5
Teracolus laura Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30): 441; TL: [East Africa]
Teracolus lüderitzi Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 129, pl. 3, f. 8; TL: Lukuledi

Colotis (Colotis) antevippe; [AfrL]
Colotis antevippe; [EBW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus achine; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 468
Teracolus antevippe; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 466
Teracolus carteri; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 465
Teracolus helle; Butler, 1876, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 487
Teracolus isaura; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 466
Teracolus ithonus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 467

C. a. antevippe Gambia, Senegal - Upper Volta, N.Nigeria

Colotis antevippe antevippe; [BAFR], 69; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. a. exole (Reiche, 1849) Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, N.Tanzania, NE.Zaire

exole (Reiche, 1849) (Anthocharis); Voy. Abyss. Ferr. et Gal. Ent.: 460, pl. 31, f. 5-6

Colotis antevippe exole; [BAFR], 69 (text)

C. a. zera (Lucas, 1852) Senegal - E.Africa

Anthocharis zera Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 423

Colotis antevippe zera; [BK], 134; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 13-14; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. a. gavisa (Wallengren, 1857) Savannah areas (Botswana, Rhodesia, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, S.Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Africa) Red Tip

Anthopsyche gavisa Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 13

Colotis antevippe gavisa; [BAFR], 69; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus gavisa; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 469

Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883)

S.Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, NE.Zaire, Malawi, NW.Zambia. See [maps] Double-banded Orange African Golden Arab Veined Gold

Teracolus aurigineus Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68): 103; TL: Victoria Nyanza
Teracolus venustus Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 94; TL: Kilima-njaro

Colotis (Colotis) aurigineus; [AfrL]
Colotis auriginea; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 13-14
Colotis aurigineus; [EBW]; [BAFR], 60; [BK], 129; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus aurigineus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 503

?C. a. ansorgei (Marshall, 1897) SE.Tanzania

Teracolus ansorgei Marshall, 1897; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 13; TL: Parmumbira, German East Africa

Colotis aurigineus ansorgei; [BAFR], 60 (wet season form.?)
Teracolus ansorgei; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 504

Colotis aurora (Cramer, [1780])

-. See [maps]

Papilio aurora Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 4 (25-26a): 18, pl. 299, f. A, B

Colotis (Colotis) aurora; [AfrL]
Colotis aurora aurora; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 7
Colotis aurora; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis eucharis aurora;

C. a. evarne (Klug, 1829) Senegal - Upper Volta, N.Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Arabia

Pontia evarne Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 1-4
Teracolus citreus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 152
Teracolus xanthevarne Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 163
Teracolus syrtinus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 163
Teracolus phillipsi Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 772, pl. 47, f. 11; TL: Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) aurora evarne; [AfrL]
Colotis aurora evarne; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 8
Colotis eucharis evarne; [BAFR], 68; [BK], 134
Colotis evarne; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus evarne; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 453
Teracolus phillipsi; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 454

Colotis auxo (Lucas, 1852)

Transvaal, Botswana. See [maps] Yellow Orange Tip

Anthocharis auxo Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 422
Anthopsyche topha Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 15
Anthocharis keiskamma Trimen, 1862; Rhopal. Afr. Austr.: 56, pl. 2, f. 3-4

Colotis (Colotis) auxo; [AfrL]
Colotis auxo auxo; [iNaturalist]
Colotis auxo; [BK]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 8, f. 6-8; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis eucharis auxo; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 68
Teracolus auxo; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 452

Colotis bacchus (Butler, 1888)

E.Africa. See [maps]

Teracolus bacchus Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 73; TL: Lado; Wadelai
Teracolus bacchus hydrophobus Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 85; TL: Mhonda
Callosune mrogoroana Vuillot, 1891; Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891: 101,115

Callosune bacchus; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889, Rhop. Exot. [1] 1: (Callosune) 1, pl. 1, f. 1-4
Teracolus bacchus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 398

Colotis celimene (Lucas, 1852)

East Africa, Senegal - Ethiopia. See [maps] Lilac Tip Magenta Tip

Anthocharis celimene Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 426

Colotis (Colotis) celimene; [AfrL]
Colotis celimene; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus celimene; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 500

C. c. celimene Etiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi

Colotis celimene celimene; [BAFR], 62; [BK], 130; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 1; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. c. amina (Hewitson, 1866) Rhodesia, Transvaal, Natal, Swaziland, Botswana

Anthocharis amina Hewitson, 1866; Ill. exot. Butts [1] (Pieris VIII): [44], pl. [23], f. 1-3

Colotis celimene amina; [BAFR], 62 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. c. angusi Rothschild, 1921 W.Sudan, C.Sudan

Colotis celimene angusi; [BAFR], 62 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. c. pholoe (Wallengren, 1860) South West Africa, Botswana

Anthopsyche pholoe Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4 (2): 35
Anthocharis phaenon Trimen, 1863; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 522

Colotis celimene pholoe; [BAFR], 62; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus pholoe; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 500

C. c. praeclarus (Butler, 1886) Somalia, Ethiopia

Teracolus praeclarus Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 769, pl. 47, f. 7; TL: Somalia

Colotis celimene praeclarus; [BAFR], 62 (text); [AfrL]
Colotis praeclarus; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus praeclarus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 501

C. c. sudanicus (Aurivillius, 1905) S.Sudan - N.Nigeria, Upper Volta, Senegal

Colotis celimene sudanicus; [BAFR], 62 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Colotis chrysonome (Klug, 1829)

Senegal - Kenya, Somalia, SW.Arabia, Dead Sea. See [maps] Golden Arab

Pontia chrysonome Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 7, f. 9-11; TL: Sudan
Teracolus helvolus Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 94

Colotis chrysonome; [BAFR], 60; [BK], 129; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 15-16, 19-20; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus chrysonome; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 503
Teracolus helvolus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 503

C. c. meinertzhageni (Riley, 1934)

Teracolus chrysonome meinertzhageni Riley, 1934; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 178; TL: Tamanrasset (Algeria)

Colotis chrysonome meinertzhageni; [BMAT]: 16, pl. 5, f. 46-48

Colotis daira (Klug, 1829)

N.Nigeria - Ethiopia, Kenya, N.Tanzania, S.Arabia. See [maps] Black-Marked Orange Tip

Pontia daira Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 8, f. 1-4
Anthopsyche heuglini C. & R. Felder, 1859; Wien. ent. Monats. 3 (9): 272
Anthopsyche demagore C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 186
Anthopsyche dalila C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 188
Teracolus xanthus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 440 ♀, pl. 39, f. 11
Teracolus odysseus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 441 ♂, pl. 40, f. 3
Teracolus yerburii Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 441, pl. 39, f. 12
Teracolus saxeus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 441, pl. 40, f. 1-2
Teracolus swinhoei Butler, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 491
Teracolus jamesi Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 771; TL: Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) daira; [AfrL]
Colotis daira; [EBW]; [BK]; [BOW]: pl. 4, f. 9; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus daira; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 459
Teracolus heuglini; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 459

C. d. daira S.Yemen

Colotis daira daira; [BAFR], 71; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis daira daira f. flavus; [BAFR], 71, fig.
Colotis flavus ?Aurivillius, 1910;

C. d. jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890) E.Kenya, NE.Tanzania

Teracolus jacksoni Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (28): 336; TL: [East Africa]

Colotis daira jacksoni; [BAFR], 71; [BK], 135; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 18; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. d. stygia (C. & R. Felder, 1865) N.Kenya, Somalia, S.Ethiopia, Sudan - Nigeria

Anthopsyche stygia C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 188

Colotis daira stygia; [BAFR], 71; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus stygia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 459

?ssp.

Colotis daira ?ssp.; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 17, 21

?C. d. thruppi (Butler, [1886]) Somalia

Teracolus thruppi Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 770, pl. 47, f. 10; TL: Somalia

Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775)

AF, Ethiopia, Ceylon, Peninsular India - Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra - Baluchistan. See [maps] Scarlet Tip Crimson Tip

Papilio danae Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 476
Papilio eborea Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 121, pl. 352, f. C-F
Teracolus sanguinalis Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 158
Teracolus taplini Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 444, pl. 40, f. 8-9

Callosune danae; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 129
Callosune sanguinalis; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 129
Colotis (Colotis) danae; [AfrL]
Colotis danae; [EBW]; [BOR], 178; [BK], 133; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis eborea; [CoL]
Teracolus danae; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 498

634x804 (~141Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, a rapidous brook, Blue Nile right tributary just upstream the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 1st August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

1055x981 (~234Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, a rapidous brook, Blue Nile right tributary just upstream the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 1st August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

C. d. danae Ceylon

Colotis danae danae; [BOR], 178; [iNaturalist]

C. d. dulcis (Butler, 1876) W.India, SW.India - Persian Gulf

Teracolus dulcis Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 157, pl. 7, f. 13
Teracolus dirus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 157, pl. 7, f. 11
Teracolus eboreoides Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 158, pl. 7, f. 12
Teracolus immaculatus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 443
Teracolus subroseus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 443, pl. 40, f. 6-7
Callosune alberta Swinhoe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29): 356; TL: Karachi

Colotis danae dulcis; [BOR], 178; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus dulcis; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 497

C. d. annae (Wallengren, 1857) Savannah areas (South West Africa, Botswana, Rhodesia, Moçambique, Transvaal, Natal, Transkei, Swaziland)

Thestias annae Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 16
Teracolus cinerescens Butler, 1873; Cist. Ent. 1 (7): 172
Teracolus wallengreni Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 157
Callosune confusa Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 341, pl. E, f. 3-4
Teracolus annae ab. sulphurosa Thurau, 1903; Berl. ent. Z. 48: 312; TL: Kirbaya Massai-Land

Colotis (Colotis) danae annae; [AfrL]
Colotis annae annae; [iNaturalist]
Colotis annae; [iNaturalist]
Colotis danae annae; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 68
Teracolus annae; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 495

C. d. eupompe (Klug, 1829) Mauritania, Senegal - N.Nigeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, N.Uganda, N.Kenya, Somalia, Arabia

Pontia eupompe Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 11-14
Anthopsyche theopompe C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 183
Anthopsyche anteupompe C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 184
Anthopsyche dedecora C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 184
Teracolus miles Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68): 105; TL: Victoria Nyanza
Teracolus phoenius Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 488

Colotis (Colotis) danae eupompe; [AfrL]
Colotis danae eupompe; [BAFR], 68; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus eupompe; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 497

C. d. pseudacaste (Butler, 1876) Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, NE.Zaire

Teracolus pseudacaste Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 156, pl. 6, f. 11

Colotis (Colotis) danae pseudacaste; [AfrL]
Colotis danae pseudacaste; [BAFR], 68 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 3-4
Teracolus pseudacaste; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 496

C. d. walkeri (Butler, 1884) Angola, Namibia

Teracolus walkeri Butler, 1884; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 14 (84): 403; TL: Elephant Bay, SW. Africa

Colotis (Colotis) danae walkeri; [AfrL]
Colotis annae walkeri; [iNaturalist]
Colotis danae walkeri; [BAFR], 68 (text)
Teracolus walkeri; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 496

Colotis dissociatus (Butler, 1897)

Malawi, Zambia, Rhodesia, Botswana, N.Mozambique, Tanzania. See [maps]

Teracolus dissociatus Butler, 1897; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 453

Colotis (Colotis) dissociatus; [AfrL]
Colotis auxo dissociatus; [iNaturalist]
Colotis dissociatus; [CoL]
Colotis eucharis dissociatus; [BAFR], 68

Colotis doubledayi (Hopffer, 1862)

South Africa (Orange River), South West Africa. See [maps]

Idmaeus doubledayi Hopffer, 1862; in Peters, Reise Mossambique: 363
Idmaeus vesta Trimen, 1862; Rhopal. Afr. Austr.: 62 (preocc. Idmaeus vesta Reiche, 1849)
Idmais hewitsoni Kirby, 1871; Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: 498

Colotis (Colotis) doubledayi; [AfrL]
Colotis doubledayi flavulus; [iNaturalist]
Colotis doubledayi; [PBSA]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus doubledayi; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 503

C. d. doubledayi Zaire - Sierra Leone, Guinea

Colotis doubledayi doubledayi; [BAFR], 61; [iNaturalist]

C. d. angolanus (Talbot, 1929) Angola

Teragolus aurigineus angolanus Talbot, 1929; Bull. Hill Mus. 3: 72; TL: Angola, Lobito Bay

Colotis doubledayi angolanus; [BAFR], 61 (text)

Colotis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)

E.Nigeria, Cameroun, Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania. See [maps] Elgon Crimson Tip

Teracolus elgonensis Sharpe, 1891; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891: 191, pl. 16, f. 6; TL: Mt Elgon
helena Grose-Smith, 1898²

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis; [BK], 133; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus elgonensis; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 393

C. e. elgonensis Kenya (highlands, W of Rift Valley), E.Uganda

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis elgonensis; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis elgonensis; [BAFR], 67; [iNaturalist]

C. e. kenia Talbot, 1939 Kenya (Mt. Kenya)

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis kenia; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis kenia; [BAFR], 67; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 4; [iNaturalist]

C. e. nobilis Carcasson, 1961 W.Tanzania (highland forest)

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis nobilis; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis nobilis; [BAFR], 67; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 15; [iNaturalist]

C. e. basilewskyi Berger, 1956 Rwanda, E.Zaire (Kivu), W.Uganda

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis basilewskyi; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi; [BAFR], 67 (text); [iNaturalist]

C. e. glauningi (Schultze, 1909) NW.Cameroun

Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis glauningi; [AfrL]
Colotis elgonensis glauningi; [BAFR], 67 (text); [iNaturalist]

Colotis ephyia (Klug, 1829)

Sudan. See [maps]

Pontia ephyia Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 9-10

Colotis (Colotis) ephyia; [AfrL]
Colotis ephyia; [BAFR], 72; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus ephyia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 457

Colotis erone (Angas, 1849)

Coastal Belt (Natal, Pondoland, Swaziland, Transvaal). See [maps]

Anthocharis erone Angas, 1849; Kafirs Illustr.: pl. 30, f. 3
Anthopsyche speciosa Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 16
Euchloe jobina Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1 (1): 14; TL: Natal

Colotis (Colotis) erone; [AfrL]
Colotis erone; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 63; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Colotis erone f. jobina; [BAFR], 63, fig.

Colotis etrida (Boisduval, 1836)

India, Ceylon. See [maps] Little Orange Tip

Anthocharis etrida Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 576
Teracolus pernotatus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 159, pl. 7, f. 1
Teracolus farrinus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 159, pl. 7, f. 2
Teracolus purus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 160, pl. 7, f. 14-15
Teracolus casimirus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 161, pl. 7, f. 5
Teracolus bimbura Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 161, pl. 7, f. 3-4

Colotis etrida; [BIR], 440; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 158, f. 28; [BOR], 178; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus etrida; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 456

C. e. etrida India

Colotis etrida etrida; [BOR], 178; [iNaturalist]

C. e. limbata (Butler, 1876) Ceylon

Teracolus limbatus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 161; TL: Ceylon

Callosune limbata; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 129, pl. 49, f. 5
Colotis etrida limbata; [BOR], 178; [iNaturalist]

Colotis eucharis (Fabricius, 1775)

-. See [maps] Plain Orange Tip Sulphur Orange Tip

Papilio eucharis Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 472
Euchloe coeneos Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (6): 94
Pieris titea Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 124
Teracolus pseudevanthe Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 164, pl. 7, f. 16
Teracolus pallens Moore, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115): 49; TL: Bombay; N.Canara

Callosune eucharis; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 128, pl. 49, f. 4
Colotis eucharis; [EBW]; [BK]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus eucharis; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 455

C. e. eucharis Ceylon - C.India

Colotis euippe (Linnaeus, 1758)

AF, SW.Arabia. See [maps] Round Winged Orange Tip

Papilio euippe Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 469
Papilio arethusa Drury, 1773; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 2: index, 35, pl. 19, f. 5-6
Papilio hanna Herbst, 1792; in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 5: 177, pl. 107, f. 5-6
Anthocharis cebrene Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 583
Anthocharis ocale Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 584
Anthopsyche epigone C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 186
Teracolus pseudocale Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 154, pl. 6, f. 9
Teracolus angolensis Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 154
Teracolus microcale Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 487

Colotis (Colotis) euippe; [AfrL]
Colotis euippe; [BK], 135; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis evippe[sic, euippe]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 158, f. 28 (text)
Teracolus epigone; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 472
Teracolus evippe[sic, euippe]; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 471
Teracolus ocale; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 472

C. e. euippe Gambia, Senegal - N.Nigeria, Chad, C.A.R., Zaire

Colotis euippe euippe; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 10; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evippe evippe[sic, euippe]; [BAFR], 70

C. e. amytis (Godart, 1819) W.Zaire, Angola

Pieris amytis Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 123

Colotis evippe amytis; [BAFR], 70 (text)

C. e. mediata Talbot, 1939 S.Zaire, Zambia, Rhodesia

Colotis euippe mediata; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evippe mediata; [BAFR], 70 (text)

C. e. omphale (Godart, 1819) South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Nabimia, Comoro Is.

Pieris omphale Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 122
Anthocharis theogone Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 575
Anthocharis eurygone Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (7): 341
Anthopsyche procne Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 12
Anthopsyche acte C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 187
Anthopsyche roxane C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 187
Teracolus omphaloides Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 151
Teracolus hybridus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 152
Teracolus suffusus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 152, pl. 6, f. 10
Teracolus pyrrhopterus Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 575, pl. 36, f. 8-9

Colotis euippe omphale; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 11-12; [PBSA]; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evippe omphale; [BAFR], 70
Teracolus omphale; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 469
Teracolus pyrrhopterus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 470

C. e. complexivus (Butler, 1886) Uganda, Kenya, NE.Tanzania, S.Somalia

Teracolus complexivus Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 770; TL: Somalia

Colotis euippe complexivus; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evippe complexivus; [BAFR], 70 (text)

C. e. exole (Reiche, 1849) S.Sudan, S.Ethiopia, Somalia, Arabia

Anthocharis exole Reiche, 1849; Voy. Abyss. Ferr. et Gal. Ent.: pl. 31, f. 4

Colotis euippe exole; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evippe exole; [BAFR], 70 (text)
Teracolus exole; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 470

C. e. mirei Bernardi, 1960

Colotis euippe mirei; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis mirei; [iNaturalist]

Colotis eunoma (Hopffer, 1855)

Moçambique - S.Kenya. See [maps] Three Spot Crimson Tip

Pieris eunoma Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 640; TL: Mozambique
Teracolus chromiferus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 538; TL: Zambesi River

Colotis (Colotis) eunoma; [AfrL]
Colotis eunoma; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus chromiferus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 394
Teracolus eunoma; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 393

C. e. eunoma Mozambique (coastal sand-dunes)

Colotis eunoma eunoma; [BAFR], 67; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. e. flotowi (Suffert, 1904) Zanzibar (sand-dunes), Tanzania (coast)

Teracolus flotowi Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 83; TL: Pangani, Deutsch-Ost-Africa

Colotis eunoma flotowi; [BAFR], 67; [BK], 132; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829)

Tropical Africa (drier parts), NAF, Spain, SW.Arabia. See [maps] Tiny Orange Tip Desert Orange Tip

Pontia evagore Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 8, f. 5-6; TL: Arabia

Colotis (Colotis) evagore; [AfrL]
Colotis evagore; [EBW]; [H&R]; [BOW]: pl. 4, f. 9 (text only); [Otakar Kudrna]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Teracolus evagore; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 459

C. e. evagore Arabia

Colotis evagore evagore; [BAFR], 73 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. e. nouna (Lucas, 1849) S.Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

Anthocharis nouna Lucas, 1849; Explor. Sci. Algérie (zool.) 3: 350, pl. 1, f. 2; TL: Oran (Algeria)
Teracolus daira nouna var. biskrensis Blachier, 1908; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 77 (2): 212; TL: Biskra (Algeria)
Calicharis nouna f. aestivalis Oberthür, 1911; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 5 (1): 186; TL: Biskra (Algeria)
Teracolus daira nouna f. vern. auresiaca Stauder, 1913; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (10): 290; TL: Algeria
Teracolus daira nouna f. aest. pyroleuca Stauder, 1913; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (10): 290; TL: Algeria
Teracolus daira nouna f. autumn. biformata Stauder, 1913; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (10): 290; TL: Algeria
Teracolus daira nouna ab. turatii Stauder, 1913; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (10): 290; TL: Algeria
Teracolus daira nouna ab. evagorides Stauder, 1913; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (10): 290; TL: Algeria
Teracolus lefevrei Oberthür, 1922; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 19 (1): 30; TL: Azrou (Algeria)
Teracolus daira nouna f. gyn. panadrophila Stauder, 1922; Z. Wiss. InsektBiol. 17: 108; TL: (Algeria)
Teracolus daira nouna auresiaca g.II. interposita f. flavide apicata Stauder, 1922; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 12 (1-6): 24; TL: (?Algeria)
Teracolus daira nouna ab. costaenigrata Stauder, 1922; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 36: 42; TL: El Kantara (Algeria)
Teracolus daira var. nouna ab. suffusa Pionneau, 1936; Échange 463: 18; TL: Biskra (Algeria)
Teracolus daira var. nouna ab. impuncta Pionneau, 1936; Échange 463: 18; TL: Algeria
Teracolus daira var. nouna ab. minor Pionneau, 1936; Échange 463: 18; TL: Algeria

Colotis evagore nouna; [BMAT]: 17, pl. 7, f. 5-14; [BAFR], 73 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 19; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus daira nouna; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 228

600x435 (~60Kb) upperside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

600x435 (~27Kb) underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

600x435 (~52Kb) Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre

C. e. antigone (Boisduval, [1836]) Cape, South West Africa, arid areas (south of Sahara)

Anthocharis antigone Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 572
Anthocharis phlegetonia Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 576
Anthocharis delphine Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 577
Anthocharis eione Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 578
Teracolus loandicus Butler, [1872]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871 (3): 724
Teracolus interruptus Butler, [1872]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871 (3): 724
Teracolus subfumosus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 139, pl. 6, f. 3
Teracolus flaminia Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 140, pl. 6, f. 1
Teracolus lycoris Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 140, pl. 6, f. 6
Teracolus lyaeus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 141, pl. 6, f. 2
Teracolus galanthinus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 142
Teracolus friga Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 142, pl. 6, f. 5
Teracolus lucullus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 143, pl. 6, f. 4
Teracolus gelasinus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 143
Teracolus glycera Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 144
Teracolus coniger Butler, 1882; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 229; TL: Accra, Gold Coast
Teracolus minans Butler, 1882; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 229; TL: Accra, Gold Coast
Teracolus xanthus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 440 ♂, pl. 39, f. 10
Teracolus comptus Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 94; TL: Kilima-njaro
Teracolus bifasciatus Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (28): 336; TL: [East Africa]
Teracolus emini Butler, 1891; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37): 47

Colotis evagore antigone; [BAFR], 73; [PBSA]; [BK], 136; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus antigone; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 461
Teracolus emini; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 460
Teracolus glycera; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 461
Teracolus interruptus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 462
Teracolus xanthus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 462

C. e. niveus (Butler, 1881) Socotra I.

Teracolus niveus Butler, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881: 177, pl. 18, f. 1
Teracolus candidus Butler, 1881; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881: 178, pl. 18, f. 2

Colotis evagore niveus; [BAFR], 73; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis niveus; [EBW]
Teracolus niveus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 464

Colotis evanthe (Boisduval, 1836)

Madagascar, Comoro Is.. See [maps]

Anthocharis evanthe Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 567; TL: Madagascar
Anthocharis ena Mabille, 1879; Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7) 3: 134

Colotis (Colotis) evanthe; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Colotis evanthe evanthe; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evanthe; [BAFR], 70; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 6; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Colotis evanthides (Holland, 1896) Comoro, Aldabra, Assumption, Cosmoledo, Astove Is.

Callosune evanthides Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1064): 268, pl. 8, f. 9

Colotis (Colotis) evanthides; [AfrL]
Colotis evanthe evanthides; [iNaturalist]
Colotis evanthides; [BAFR], 71 (text); [EBW]; [CoL]
Teracolus evanthides; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 455

Colotis evenina (Wallengren, 1857)

South West Africa, Botswana, Little Namaqualand, Rhodesia, Transvaal, Swaziland, Zululand, Moçambique, Ethiopia - Kenya, Uganda, SE.Zaire. See [maps]

Anthopsyche evenina Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 12
Anthopsyche deidamia Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4 (2): 35
Calosune deidamioides Aurivillius, 1879; Ofvers K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 36 (7): 45
Callosune inornata Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 338
Teracolus corda Möschler, 1884; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 278

Colotis (Colotis) evenina; [AfrL]
Colotis evenina; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BK], 135; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus evenina; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 464

C. e. evenina South Africa, Namibia, Botswana

Colotis (Colotis) evenina evenina; [AfrL]
Colotis evenina evenina; [BAFR], 70; [iNaturalist]

C. e. sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884) Rhodesia, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Mozanbique, Malawi, S.Tanzania, E.Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya (coast)

Teracolus sipylus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 444, pl. 40, f. [?]10-11

Colotis (Colotis) evenina sipylus; [AfrL]
Colotis evenina sipylus; [BAFR], 70; [iNaturalist]

C. e. xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904) C.Tanzania, NW.Tanzania, SW.Kenya, S.Uganda

Colotis (Colotis) evenina xantholeuca; [AfrL]
Colotis evenina xantholeuca; [BAFR], 70; [iNaturalist]

C. e. casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) N.Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia

Callosune casta Gerstaecker, 1871; Archiv Naturg. 37 (1): 357

Colotis (Colotis) evenina casta; [AfrL]
Colotis evenina casta; [BAFR], 70 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 15-16; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus casta; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 464

Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804)

Lebanon, Syria - Baluchistan, W.India, Peninsular India, Ceylon. See [maps] Large Salmon Arab

Papilio fausta Olivier, 1804; Voy. L'Emp. Othoman. Atl. 4 (1801?): 29, pl. 33, f. 4a-b; TL: Beirut, Lebanon
Teracolus tripuncta Butler, 1868; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868 (1): 221 ♂, pl. 17, f. 9
Teracolus rosaceus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 134, pl. 7, f. 6
Teracolus oriens Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 134, pl. 7, f. 7
Teracolus solaris Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 135
Teracolus tripunctatus Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 149, pl. 15, f. 4

Colotis (Colotis) fausta; [AfrL]
Colotis fausta; [EBW]; [BOR], 182; [BRU]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 26; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Idmais tripuncta; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 130, pl. 49, f. 3, 3a
Teracolus fausta; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 498
Teracolus tripunctatus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 500

C. f. fausta Baluchistan - NW.Frontier, Israel - Syria - Turkey, Afghanista, NW.India, S.Arabia (Hadhramaut)

Colotis fausta fausta; [BOR], 182; [BAFR], 74; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Colotis fausta r. fausta; [BIR], 440

C. f. vi (Swinhoe, 1884) SW.Arabia

Teracolus vi Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 437, pl. 39, f. 6-7

Colotis fausta vi; [BAFR], 74 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 22; [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus vi; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 499

C. f. mijurteina Carpenter, 1951 N.Somalia

Colotis fausta mijurteina Carpenter, 1951; Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 20: 106

Colotis fausta mijurteina; [BAFR], 74 (text); [AfrL]; [iNaturalist]

C. f. faustina (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Sind, C.India, Punjab - Karwar

Idmais faustina C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 190

Colotis fausta faustina; [iNaturalist]
Colotis fausta r. faustina; [BIR], 440

C. f. fulvia (Wallace, 1867) Peninsular India, Ceylon

Idmais fulvia Wallace, 1867; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3): 392, pl. 9, f. 5; TL: S.India
Idmais surya Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1): 45; TL: Sonakhala, Orissa
Teracolus palliseri Butler, 1888; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 1: 418

Colotis fausta fulvia; [BOR], 182; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus fulvia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 499
fausta r. fulvia; [BIR], 440

Colotis guenei (Mabille, 1877)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Anthocharis guenei Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7: xxxviii

Colotis (Colotis) guenei; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Colotis guenei; [BAFR], 68; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Colotis halimede (Klug, 1829)

S.Arabia - Senegal, E.Africa - Tanzania. See [maps] Orange Patch White White and Orange Halimede Yellow Patch White Dappled White

Pontia halimede Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 7, f. 12-15
Pontia acaste Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 7, f. 16-17
Pieris polycaste Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 525
Anthocharis leo Butler, 1865; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 16 (96): 397; TL: White Nile

Colotis (Colotis) halimede; [AfrL]
Colotis halimede; [EBW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus halimede; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 501
Teracolus leo; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 501

C. h. halimede Senegal - White Nile, Red Sea coast

Colotis (Colotis) halimede halimede; [AfrL]
Colotis halimede halimede; [BAFR], 62; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 1; [iNaturalist]

C. h. coelestis (Swinhoe, 1884) S.Yemen

Teracolus coelestis Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 435, pl. 39, f. 1-2

Colotis halimede coelestis; [BAFR], 62 (text)

C. h. australis Talbot, 1939 N.Tanzania, C.Tanzania

Colotis (Colotis) halimede australis; [AfrL]
Colotis australis; [iNaturalist]
Colotis halimede australis; [BAFR], 62 (text); [iNaturalist]

?C. h. maxima Talbot, 1939² Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya

Colotis halimede maxima; [BAFR], 62
Colotis maxima Talbot, 1939;

C. h. restricta Talbot, 1939

Colotis (Colotis) halimede restricta; [AfrL]
Colotis halimede restricta; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 2-3; [iNaturalist]

Colotis hetaera (Gerstaecker, 1871)

Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps] Crimson Tip Coast Purple Tip

Callosune hetaera Gerstaecker, 1871; Archiv Naturg. 37 (1): 357
Teracolus foliaceus Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 573, pl. 36, f. 7

Colotis (Colotis) hetaera; [AfrL]
Colotis hetaera; [BK], 132; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus hetaera; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 394

C. h. hetaera Kenay (coastal bush), N.Tanzania

Colotis (Colotis) hetaera hetaera; [AfrL]
Colotis hetaera hetaera; [BAFR], 66; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 9-10; [iNaturalist]

C. h. ankolensis Stoneham, 1940 C.Kenya - N.Tanzania, Uganda

Colotis ankolensis Stoneham, 1940; Bull. Stoneham Mus. (40): 2

Colotis (Colotis) hetaera ankolensis; [AfrL]
Colotis hetaera ankolensis; [BAFR], 66 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 5-8; [iNaturalist]

C. h. aspasia (Ungemach, 1932) SW.Ethiopia, S.Sudan, N.Uganda

Colotis (Colotis) hetaera aspasia; [AfrL]
Colotis hetaera aspasia; [BAFR], 66; [iNaturalist]

C. h. lorti (Sharpe, 1896) Somalia, SE.Ethiopia, N.Kenya

Teracolus lorti Sharpe, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 527

Colotis (Colotis) hetaera lorti; [AfrL]
Colotis hetaera lorti; [BAFR], 66; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus lorti; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 395

Colotis hildebrandti (Staudinger, 1885)

Zambia, Malawi - Kenya. See [maps] Golden Tip

Callosune hildebrandti Staudinger, 1885; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 44, (5): pl. 23
Teracolus callidia Grose-Smith, 1886; Ent. mon. Mag. 23: 32; TL: Zanzibar
Teracolus hildebrandti clara Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 129; TL: Iringa, Uhehe; Dar-es-Salaam
Teracolus hildebrandti blanca Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 129; TL: Madibira
Teracolus lanzi Bartel, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12: 151; TL: N.Nyassa-See

Colotis (Colotis) hildebrandtii; [AfrL]
Colotis annae hildebrandtii; [iNaturalist]
Colotis hildebrandti; [BAFR], 67; [BK], 133; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 2; [CoL]
Teracolus hildebrandti; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 495

Colotis incretus (Butler, 1881)

Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, N.Malawi. See [maps]

Teracolus incretus Butler, 1881; Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 146; TL: Mamboia, E. Africa
?Callosune vulnerata Staudinger, 1884; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 46, (5): pl. 23
Teracolus incretus ab. panganiensis Thurau, 1903; Berl. ent. Z. 48: 312

Colotis (Colotis) incretus; [AfrL]
Colotis auxo incretus; [BK], 134
Colotis incretus; [BAFR], 69; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus incretus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 452

Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)

dry zones of Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps] Violet Tip Purple Tip

Pieris ione Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 140
Teracolus imperator Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 132
Anthocharis phlegyas Butler, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 431, pl. 25, f. 3, 3a
Euchloe coliagenes Butler, 1867; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (117): 216, pl. 4, f. 4-5
Euchloe jalone Butler, 1869; Cistula ent. 1 (1): 14; TL: White Nile
Teracolus buxtoni Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 130
Callosune jalone var. natalensis Staudinger, 1885; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 44
Teracolus ione aurivillii Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 85; TL: Mhonda
Teracolus bacchus f. anomalus Aurivillius, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 54, pl. 17 b
obsolescens Joicey & Talbot, 1927; Encycl. Ent. (B3) 2 (1): 11
primularis Talbot, 1939; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 88: 185
xanthozona Talbot, 1939; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 88: 186
xerophila Talbot, 1939; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 88: 186

Colotis (Colotis) ione; [AfrL]
Colotis ione; [EBW]; [BAFR], 65; [PBSA]; [BK], 131; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 11-13, 16; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Colotis ione f. anomalus; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. imperator; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. ione; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. jalone; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. natalensis; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. obsolescens; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. primularis; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. xanthozona; [BAFR], 64, fig.
Colotis ione f. xerophila; [BAFR], 65, fig.
Teracolus imperator; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 395
Teracolus ione; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 397
Teracolus phlegyas; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 396

Colotis lais (Butler, 1876)

Botswana, SW.Transvaal, Namibia. See [maps]

Teracolus lais Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 145

Colotis (Colotis) lais; [AfrL]
Colotis lais; [BAFR], 72; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus lais; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 457

Colotis liagore (Klug, 1829)

NAF, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan - N.Nigeria, Arabia - Afghanistan, Baluchistan. See [maps]

Pontia liagore Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 5-8; TL: Sudan

Colotis (Colotis) liagore; [AfrL]
Colotis liagore; [EBW]; [BMAT]: 17, pl. 7, f. 1-4; [BAFR], 72; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 20; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

Colotis mananhari (Ward, 1870)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Pieris mananhari Ward, 1870; Ent. mon. Mag. 6: 224; TL: Madagascar
Anthocharis fladida Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7: xxxvii
?Teracolus flavidus Mabille, 1885
Teracolus nothus Mabille, 1887; Hist. Madag. 18 (Lép. 1): 290

Colotis (Colotis) mananhari; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Colotis mananhari; [BAFR], 74; [EBW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus mananhari; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 451

Colotis pallene (Hopffer, 1855)

South West Africa - Botswana - Rhodesia - Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Moçambique, Transvaal, Swaziland, Zululand. See [maps]

Anthocharis pallene Hopffer, 1855; Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855: 640; TL: Mozambique
Teracolus halyattes Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 145, pl. 6, f. 8
?Teracolus wissmanni Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 130, pl. 3, f. 9; TL: Bukumbi
Callosune pseudetrida Westwood, 1881; in Oates, Matabeland: 340
Teracolus cinctus Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68): 105; TL: Victoria Nyanza
Teracolus infumatus Butler, 1896; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896: 128, pl. 6, f. 5-6

Colotis (Colotis) pallene; [AfrL]
Colotis pallene; [BAFR], 72; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus infumatus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 458
Teracolus pallene; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 458

Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)

NAF, Arabia - Afghanistan, NW.India, Cutch, Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, Gujerat. See [maps] Blue-spotted Arab Variable Colotis

Pieris phisadia Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 132
Pontia arne Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 7, f. 1-4
Idmais[?] philumene Mabille, 1880; Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 23: 106

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia; [BOR], 178; [BK], 128; [BMAT]: 16, pl. 5, f. 49-52; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus phisadia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 389

C. p. phisadia Arabia, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan - Chad, Senegal, Mauritania

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia phisadia; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia phisadia; [BAFR], 60 (text); Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 24; [iNaturalist]

C. p. ocellatus (Butler, 1886) Ethiopia

Teracolus ocellatus Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 767; TL: Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia ocellatus; [AfrL]
Colotis ocellatus; [iNaturalist]
Colotis phisadia ocellatus; [BAFR], 60 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus ocellatus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 389

C. p. vagus d'Abrera, 1980 N.Uganda, N.Kenya

phisadia f. vagus Riley, 1920²; Entomologist 53: 73

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia vagus; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia vagus; [BAFR], 60; [iNaturalist]

C. p. rothschildi (Sharpe, 1898) S.Kenya, E.Kenya (coastal), S.Uganda, Tanzania?

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia rothschildi; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia rothschildi; [BAFR], 60; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 27-28; [iNaturalist]

C. p. somalica Storace, 1948 Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) phisadia somalica; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia somalica; [BAFR], 60 (text); [iNaturalist]

C. p. palaestinensis Staudinger, 1898²

Colotis phisadia palaestinensis; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 7, pl. 8, f. 23

Colotis protractus Butler, 1876

Punjab, Baluchistan. See [maps]

Colotis protractus Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 137

Colotis protractus; [BIR], 439; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus protractus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 388

C. p. semiramis Grum-Grshimailo, 1902²

Colotis protracta semiramis; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 21
Colotis semiramis; [CoL]

Colotis pleione (Klug, 1829)

SW.Arabia, Somaila, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya. See [maps] Orange Patch White

Pontia pleione Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 8, f. 7-8
Idmais miriam C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 190, pl. 27, f. 3-4
Teracolus chrysomelis Butler, 1874; Cistula ent. 1: 244; TL: Aden
Idmais eucheria Mabille, 1879; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 9: 174

Colotis (Colotis) pleione; [AfrL]
Colotis pleione; [EBW]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus pleione; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 502

C. p. pleione SW.Arabia

Colotis (Colotis) pleione pleione; [AfrL]
Colotis pleione pleione; [BAFR], 63; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 5; [iNaturalist]

C. p. heliocaustus (Butler, 1886) Ethiopia, Somalia, N.Kenya, E.Kenya

Teracolus heliocaustus Butler, [1886]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1885 (4): 768, pl. 47, f. 8-9; TL: Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) pleione heliocaustus; [AfrL]
Colotis pleione heliocaustus; [BAFR], 63; [BK], 131; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus heliocaustus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 502

C. p. nilus Talbot, 1942 S.Sudan, E.Sudan

Colotis (Colotis) pleione nilus; [AfrL]
Colotis pleione nilus; [BAFR], 63 (text); [iNaturalist]

Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)

Nigeria, Chad - Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, SW.Arabia. See [maps] Yellow Splendour

Pontia protomedia Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 8, f. 13-14

Colotis (Colotis) protomedia; [AfrL]
Colotis protomedia; [EBW]; [BAFR], 61; [BK], 130; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 6-7; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus protomedia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 507

Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)

Rhodesia, Transvaal, Botswana, South West Africa, Zululand, Moçambique, East Africa. See [maps] Large Violet Tip Regal Purple Tip Queen Purple Tip

Anthocharis regina Trimen, 1863; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 520
Callosune anax Grose-Smith, 1889; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (14): 125; TL: Mombasa
Teracolus eliza Sharpe, 1890; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30): 441; TL: [East Africa]
Teracolus regina louisa Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 128; TL: Nyangao

Callosune anax; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1889, Rhop. Exot. [1] 1: (Callosune) 2, pl. 1, f. 5-6
Colotis (Colotis) regina; [AfrL]
Colotis regina; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 65; [BK], 132; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 9, f. 14; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus regina; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 395

Colotis rogersi (Dixey, 1915)

Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia. See [maps] Rogers' Orange Tip

Tercolus rogersi Dixey, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1915 (1): 1, pl. 1, f. 1-4; TL: Taveta

Colotis (Colotis) rogersi; [AfrL]
Colotis pallene rogersi; [PBSA]
Colotis rogersi; [BK], 136; [BAFR], 73; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Colotis ungemachi (Le Cerf, 1922)

NE.Ethiopia. See [maps]

Colotis (Colotis) ungemachi; [AfrL]
Colotis ungemachi; [BAFR], 61; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Colotis venosa (Staudinger, 1885)

Somalia - E.Kenya - NE.Tanzania. See [maps] No Patch White

Idmais venosa Staudinger, 1885; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 43, (5): pl. 23

Colotis (Colotis) venosa; [AfrL]
Colotis venosa; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 4; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Colotis venosus; [EBW]; [BAFR], 62; [BK], 131
Teracolus venosus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 502

Colotis vesta (Reiche, 1849)

Natal, Zululand, Swaziland, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Botswana, South West Africa, Tropical Africa (dry parts). See [maps] Veined Golden Arab Veined Orange

Idmaeus vesta Reiche, 1849; Voy. Abyss. Ferr. et Gal. Ent.: 460

Colotis (Colotis) vesta; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [BK], 130; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus vesta; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 505

C. v. vesta Ethiopia, Somalia

Colotis (Colotis) vesta vesta; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta vesta; [BAFR], 61; [iNaturalist]

C. v. amelia (Lucas, 1852) N.Ghana, N.Nigeria, Upper Volta, Senegal

Idmais amelia Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 428

Colotis (Colotis) vesta amelia; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta amelia; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus amelia; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 506

C. v. argillaceus (Butler, 1877) S.Mozambique, Zululand, Natal

Teracolus argillaceus Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (114): 459; TL: Natal

Colotis (Colotis) vesta argillaceus; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta argillaceus; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]

C. v. catachrysops (Butler, 1878) coast (Kenya, Tanzania)

Teracolus catachrysops Butler, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 2 (8): 178

Colotis (Colotis) vesta catachrysops; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta catachrysops; [BAFR], 61; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 14, 17; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus catachrysops; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 506

C. v. hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) NE.Uganda, NW.Kenya

Teracolus hanningtoni Butler, 1883; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 12 (68): 104; TL: Victoria Nyanza
Teracolus bipartitus Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 539; TL: Witu (East Africa)

Colotis (Colotis) vesta hanningtoni; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta hanningtoni; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus hanningtoni; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 506

C. v. mutans (Butler, 1877) Zambia, Malawi, Rhodesia

Teracolus mutans Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (114): 459; TL: Lake Nyassa

Colotis (Colotis) vesta mutans; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta mutans; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus mutans; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 505

C. v. princeps Talbot, 1939 Uganda, SE.Sudan, NE.Zaire

Colotis (Colotis) vesta princeps; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta princeps; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]

C. v. rhodesinus (Butler, 1894) W.Tanzania, NW.Zambia, SE.Zaire

Teracolus rhodesinus Butler, 1894; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1893: 663, pl. 60, f. 6; TL: Rhodesia, Lake Mweru

Colotis (Colotis) vesta rhodesinus; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta rhodesinus; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus rhodesinus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 504

C. v. velleda (Lucas, 1852) Sudan (not SE.Sudan)

Idmais velleda Lucas, 1852; Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (9): 428

Colotis (Colotis) vesta velleda; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta velleda; [BAFR], 61 (text); [iNaturalist]
Teracolus velleda; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 505

C. v. kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998

Colotis (Colotis) vesta kagera; [AfrL]
Colotis vesta kagera; [iNaturalist]

Colotis vestalis (Butler, 1876)

Baluchistan - Saurashtra, Punjab, Rajputana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, E.Africa. See [maps] White Arab

Teracolus vestalis Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 135, pl. 7, f. 10
Teracolus puellaris Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 136
Teracolus ochreipennis Butler, 1876; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1876: 136
Teracolus intermissus Butler, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 152, pl. 24, f. 4
Teracolus rorus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 437, pl. 39, f. 8
Teracolus peelus Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 438, pl. 39, f. 9
Teracolus dubius Swinhoe, 1884; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 439

Colotis (Colotis) vestalis; [AfrL]
Colotis phisadia vestalis; [iNaturalist]
Colotis puellaris; [iNaturalist]
Colotis vestalis; [BOW]: pl. 161, f. 13; [BOR], 178; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus vestalis; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 390

C. v. castalis (Staudinger, [1885]) Somalia, S.Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania

Idmais castalis Staudinger, [1885]; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (7): 43, (5): pl. 23

Colotis (Colotis) vestalis castalis; [AfrL]
Colotis castalis; [iNaturalist]
Colotis vestalis castalis; [BAFR], 66; [BK], 129; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 25
Teracolus castalis; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 390

C. v. nadir Gross & Ebert, 1975²

Colotis vestalis nadir; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 8, f. 22

Colotis zoe (Grandidier, 1867)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Anthocharis zoe Grandidier, 1867; Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 19: 272; TL: Madagascar

Colotis (Colotis) zoe; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Colotis zoe; [EBW]; [BAFR], 62; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 8, pl. 10, f. 9; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus zoe; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 501

Subgenus Teracolus Swainson, [1833]

Teracolus Swainson, [1833]; Zool. Illustr. (2) 3 (25): pl. 115; TS: Teracolus subfasciatus Swainson

Teracolus; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]

Colotis eris (Klug, 1829)

Natal, Transvaal, Moçambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, South West Africa, Tropical Africa (dry zone), S.Arabia. See [maps] Black-barred Gold Tip Banded Gold Tip

Pieris eris Klug, 1829; Symb. Phys.: pl. 6, f. 15-16
Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (2): 189, pl. 25, f. 3
Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 486
Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880; Proc. R. Dublin Soc. (2) 2: 338
Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886; Ent. mon. Mag. 23: 30; TL: Delagoa Bay
Idmais eris var. punctigera Lanz, 1896; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (1): 126

Colotis (Teracolus) eris; [AfrL]
Colotis eris; [EBW]; [PBSA]; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus eris; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 391; [iNaturalist]
Teracolus maimuna; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 392
Teracolus opalescens; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 391

C. e. eris dry areas (south of Sahara)

Colotis eris eris; [BAFR], 74; [BK], 136; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 25-28; [AfrL]
Teracolus eris eris; [iNaturalist]

C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 SW.Arabia

Colotis eris contractus Gabriel, 1937-38; Exped. S.W. Arabia 1: 370

Colotis eris contractus; [BAFR], 74 (text); [AfrL]
Teracolus eris contractus; [iNaturalist]

?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886) Cape

Teracolus johnstoni Butler, 1886; Ent. mon. Mag. 23: 29; TL: Graham's Town

Teracolus johnstoni; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 391

Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1822)

-. See [maps]

Teracolus subfasciatus Swainson, 1822; Zool. Illustr. (1) 2: pl. 115
Ptychopteryx bohemanni Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 18

Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus; [AfrL]
Colotis subfasciatus; [EBW]; [CoL]
Teracolus subfasciatus; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 393; [iNaturalist]

C. s. subfasciatus Orange River (North of), Transvaal, Rhodesia, Botswana, South West Africa, Orange Free State, S.Mozanbique

Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus subfasciatus; [AfrL]
Colotis subfasciatus subfasciatus; [BAFR], 74

C. s. ducissa (Dognin, 1891) Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba) - W.Tanzania

Ptychopteryx ? ducissa Dognin, 1891; Le Naturaliste 13 / (2) 5 (102): 132

Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus ducissa; [AfrL]
Colotis ducissa; [EBW]
Colotis subfasciatus ducissa; [BAFR], 74

?Colotis puniceus (Butler, 1888)

E.Africa. See [maps]

Teracolus puniceus Butler, 1888; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 72; TL: Wadelai
Teracolus puniceus f. albomaculatus Aurivillius, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 55, pl. 18 row b
Teracolus puniceus f. flavescens Aurivillius, 1910; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 55, pl. 18 row b

Teracolus puniceus; Butler, 1894, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1894: 573; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (118): 394

Subgenus Cuneacolotis Henning et al., 1997

Cuneacolotis; [NHM-BMW]

Colotis agoye (Wallengren, 1857)

South West Africa - Botswana - Transvaal, Rhodesia. See [maps] Speckled Sulfur Tip

Anthopsyche agoye Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4): 15

Colotis (Cuneacolotis) agoye; [AfrL]
Colotis agoye; [EBW]; [CoL] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Teracolus agoye; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 463; [iNaturalist]

C. a. agoye N.Transvaal, E.Botswana, N.Botswana, Rhodesia

Colotis agoye agoye; [BAFR], 73; [AfrL]

C. a. eosphorus (Trimen, 1863) W.Transvaal, N.Cape, Nambia

Teracolus eosphorus Trimen, 1863; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 523

Colotis agoye eosphorus; [BAFR], 73

C. a. bowkeri (Trimen, 1883) Botswana, Cape

Teracolus bowkeri Trimen, 1883; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4): 358

Colotis agoye bowkeri; Larsen, 1992, Metamorphosis 3 (1): 8; [AfrL]

C. a. zephyrus (Marshall, 1897) Ethiopia, Somalia

Teracolus zephyrus Marshall, 1897; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897: 8

Colotis agoye zephyrus; [BAFR], 72; [AfrL]

Subgenus Gideona Klots, 1933

Gideona Klots, 1933; Ent. amer. 12 (3): 153, 196; TS: Callidryas lucasi Grandidier

Gideona; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]

Colotis lucasi (Grandidier, 1867)

Madagascar. See [maps]

Callidryas lucasi Grandidier, 1867; Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 19: 273

Colotis (Gideona) lucasi; [MadL]; [AfrL]
Gideona lucasi; [EBW]; [BAFR], 75; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world 10: 9, pl. 10, f. 24; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Teracolus metagone Holland, 1896; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1098): 760; TL: East Africa

Teracolus metagone; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (119): 462

Teracolus gaudens Butler, 1876; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 18 (108): 486; TL: Abyssinia
Teracolus arenicolens Butler, 1884; Ent. mon. Mag. 21: 81; TL: Arabia

Teracolus gaudens; Butler, 1897, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 20 (120): 503

Teracolus schuberti Suffert, 1904; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 84; TL: Meotu, E.Africa

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Jean Delacre]
http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[²] This may require parentheses or not (original genus not verified)

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[1] 1: (Ornithoptera) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 2: (Ornithoptera) 3-4, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) [5-6] 1-2, pl. 3 (1900), [1] 3: (Ornithoptera) 7-8, pl. 4 (1901), [1] 1: (Papilio) 1-2, pl. 1 (1887), [1] 1: (Papilio) 3-5,7-14, pl. 2-6 (1888), [1] 1: (Papilio) 15-20, pl. 7-9 (1890), [1] 1: (Papilio) 21-25, pl. 10-11 (1891), [1] 2: (Papilio) 27-31, pl. 12-13 (1893), [1] 2: (Papilio) 33-35, pl. 14 (1894), [1] 2: (Papilio) 37-38, pl. 15 (1895), [1] 2: (Papilio) 39-40, pl. 16 (1897), [1] 3: (Papilio) 41-46, pl. 17-19 (1899), [1] 3: (Papilio) 47-48, pl. 20 (1900), [1] 3: (Papilio) 49-50, pl. 21 (1901), [1] 3: (Papilio) 51-55, pl. 22-23 (1902), [1] 1: (Delias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 2: (Delias) 5-7, 9-11, pl. 2-3 (1893), [1] 2: (Delias) 12-18, pl. 4-5 (1895), [1] 2: (Delias) 20-22, pl. 6 (1896), [1] 3: (Delias) 24-26, pl. 7 (1897), [1] 3: (Delias) 28-35, pl. 8-9 (1901), [1] 3: (Delias) 36-38, pl. 10 (1902), [1] 1: (Pieridae) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Pinacopteryx) 1-4, pl. 1 (1893), [1] 1: (Callosune) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [1] 3: (Huphina) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [1] 3: (Huphina) [8],9-10, pl. 3 (1899), [1] 1: (Elodina) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [1] 1: (Belenois) 1-4, pl. 1 (1892), [1] 2: (Belenois) 5-8, pl. 2 (1892), [1] 3: (Mylothris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1900), [1] 1: (Ixias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1888), [1] 2: (Appias) 1-3, pl. 1 (1894), [1] 1: (Pierinae) 5-7, pl. 2 (1889), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [1] 2: (Dismorphia) 5-9, 11-15, pl. 2-3 (1897), [2] 1: (Asthipa) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 2: (Asthipa) 5-6, pl. 2 (1896), [2] 2: (Ravadeba) 7, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 2: (Mycalesis) 5-12, pl. 2-3 (1896), [2] 3: (Mycalesis) 13-18, pl. 4-5 (1902), [2] 3: (Libythea) 1-2, pl. 1 (1902), : (Ragadia-Argyronympha-Hypocysta) : 1-6, pl. [1] (1895), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 1-5, pl. 1 (1893), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 7-9, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Pedaliodes) 10-14, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 3: (Pedaliodes) 15-20, pl. 4-5, (Oxeoschistus) 1 (1900), [2] 3: (Pronophila) 1-2, pl. 1, (Oxeoschistus) 2-3, pl. 1 (1900), [2] 2: (Elymnias) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [2] 3: (Elymnias) 5-6, pl. 2, (Bruasa) 6-7, pl. 1 (1897), [2] 1: (Morpho) 1-2, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Morphotenaris-Hyantis) 1-3, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 1-3, 5-7, pl. 1-2 (1894), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 9-11, pl. 3 (1895), [2] 2: (Tenaris) 13-15, pl. 4 (1896), [2] 3: (Tenaris) 17-18, pl. 5 (1898), [2] 1: (Heliconius) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Acraea) 1-6, pl. 1-2 (1889), [2] 1: (Acraea) 7-10, pl. 3 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 11-14, pl. 4 (1892), [2] 2: (Acraea) 15-18, pl. 5 (1894), [2] 3: (Acraea) 19-29, pl. 6-8, (Planema) 29-30, pl. [1] (1901), [2] 1: (Cethosia) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 3: (Cirrhochroa) 1, pl. [1], (Cupha) 2-4, pl. [1] (1898), [2] 2: (Terinos) 1-2, pl. 1 (1894), [2] 1: (Thaleropis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 2: (Doleschallia) 1-3,5-7, pl. 1-2 (1893), [2] 2: (Kallima) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Hypolimnas) 1-2, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 3-4, pl. 2 (1897), [2] 3: (Hypolimnas) 5-6, pl. 3 (1898), [2] 1: (Euxanthe) 1-3, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 1: (Hestina) 1-3, pl. 1 (1891), [2] 1: (Cymothoe) 1-4, pl. 1 (1890), [2] 3: (Limenitis) 1-3, pl. 1 (1899), [2] 2: (Neptis) 1-4, pl. 1 (1895), [2] 3: (Neptis) 5-11, pl. 2-3 (1899), [2] 3: (Neptis) 13-17, pl. 4-5 (1900), [2] 1: (Euthalia-Tanaecia) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euthalia) 5-10, pl. 2-3 (1891), [2] 2: (Euthalia) 11-14, pl. 4 (1894), [2] 3: (Euthalia) 15, pl. 5, (Dichorragia) 16, pl. 1 (1898), [2] 1: (Apatura) 1-3, pl. 1 (1892), [2] 1: (Euphaedra) 1-2, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Euryphene) 1-3, pl. 1 (1889), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 1-2,[3-4] pl. 1-2 (1887), [2] 1: (Charaxes) [5], pl. 3 (1888), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 7-9, pl. 4 (1890), [2] 1: (Charaxes) 11-13, pl. 5 (1891), [2] 1: (Mynes) 1-2, pl. 1 (1888), [2] 2: (Mynes) 3-6, pl. 2 (1894), [2] 2: (Prothoe) 1-2, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 3: (Erycinidae) 1-10, pl. 1-2 (1902), [3] 2: (Dicallaneura-etc) 1-6, pl. 1 (1897), [3] 3: (Dicallaneura-etc) 7-11, pl. 2 (1901), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 1-4,[5-9] 1-5, pl. 1-2 (1887), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 11-17, 19-22, pl. 3-5 (1888), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 23-25, 27-29, 31-33, pl. 6-8 (1889), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 35-48, pl. 9-11 (1890), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) 49-51,53-64, pl. 12-15 (1891), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 65-68, pl. 16 (1892), [3] 1: (Lycaenidae) [69-72] 57-60, pl. 17 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) [73-77] 61-65,79-84, pl. 18-19 (1892), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 85-107, pl. 20-23 (1893), [3] 2: (Lycaenidae) 109-120, pl. 24-25 (1894), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 121-125, pl. 26 (1900), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 127-131, 133-141, pl. 27-29 (1901), [3] 3: (Lycaenidae) 143-146, pl. 30 (1902), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 1-6, pl. 1 (1894), [3] 2: (Hypochrysops) 7-13, 15-22, pl. 2-3 (1895), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 23-25, 27-31, pl. 1-2 (1895), [3] 2: (Waigeum) 34-38, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Thysonotis) 39-46, pl. 3-4 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 1-4, pl. 1 (1896), [3] 2: (Holochila) 5-8, pl. 2 (1897), [3] 2: (Pseudonotis) 1-3, pl. [1], (Epimastidia) 4-5, pl. [1], (Lampides) 5-8, pl. [1] (1897), [3] 2: (Lampides) 9-10, pl. 2, (Thysonotis) 47, pl. 5 (1897), [3] 3: (Holochila) 9-11, pl. 3 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 1-7, pl. 1-2 (1898), [3] 3: (Arhopala) 9-12, pl. 3, (Ilerda) 13, pl. [1], (Horaga) 14-15, pl. [1] (1902), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 47x,48-50, pl. 6 (1898), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 23-26, pl. 4 (1898), [3] 3: (Holochila) 13-15, pl. 4 (1899), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 27-29, pl. 5, (Waigeum) [30], pl. 2 (1899), [3] 3: (Holochila) 17-19, pl. 5 (1899), [3] 3: (Thysonotis) 51-54, pl. 7 (1899), [3] 3: (Jamides) 11-14, pl. 1 (1900), [3] 3: (Hypolycaena-etc) 1-4, pl. [1] (1900), [3] 3: (Hypochrysops) 31-33, pl. 6, (Thysonotis) 55-56, pl. 8 (1900), [3]: (Additions-Corrections) 1-2,[3],vii-x
Herbst, 1792
Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen Insekten als eine Fortsetzun der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte in Jablonsky, Naturs. Schmett. 5 : 1-231
Hewitson, 1866
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Ill. exot. Butts [1] : (Systematic Index) I, (Ornithoptera and Papilio): [1-2], pl. [1] (1855), (Papilio II): [3-4], pl. [2] (1856), (Papilio III): [5-6], pl. [3] (1858), (Papilio IV): [7-8], pl. [4] (1859), (Papilio V): [9-10], pl. [5] (1861), (Papilio VI): [11-12], pl. [6] (1864), (Papilio VII-VIII): [13-16], pl. [7-8] (1865), (Papilio IX): [17-18], pl. [9] (1868), (Papilio X-XII): [19-22], pl. [10-12] (1869), (Papilio XIII): [23-24], pl. [13] (1873), (Papilio XIV): [25-26], pl. [14] (1875), (Papilio XV): [27-28], pl. [15] (1877), (Pieris I): [29-30], pl. [16] (1852), (Pieris II): [31-32], pl. [17] (1853), (Pieris III-VI): [33-40], pl. [18-21] (1861), (Pieris VII): [41-42], pl. [22] (1862), (Pieris VIII): [43-44], pl. [23] (1866), (Euterpe): [45-46], pl. [24] (1860), (Euterpe II): [47-48], pl. [25] (1872), (Euterpe and Leptalis): [49-50], pl. [26] (1853), (Leptalis II): [51-52], pl. [27] (1857), (Leptalis III): [53-54], pl. [28] (1858), (Leptalis IV): [55-56], pl. [29] (1860), (Leptalis V-VII): [57-62], pl. [30-32] (1870), (Callidryas and Eronia): [63-64], pl. [33] (1867), (Euploea): [65-66], pl. [34] (1858), (Euploea II): [67-68], pl. [35] (1866), (Heliconia I): [69-70], pl. [36] (1853), (Heliconia II-III): [71-74], pl. [37-38] (1854), (Heliconia IV): [75-76], pl. [39] (1858), (Heliconia V): [77-78], pl. [40] (1867), (Heliconia VI): [79-80], pl. [41] (1871), (Heliconia and Tithorea VII): [81-82], pl. [42] (1873), (Heliconia VIII): [83-84], pl. [43] (1875), (Athesis): [85-86], pl. [44] (1872), (Mechanitis I): [87-88], pl. [45] (1856), (Mechanitis II-III): [89-92], pl. [46-47] (1860), (Ithomia I): [93-94], pl. [48] (1851), (Ithomia II): [95-96], pl. [49] (1852), (Ithomia III): [97-98], pl. [50] (1853), (Ithomia IV-V): [99-102], pl. [51-52] (1854), (Ithomia VI-XIII): [103-118], pl. [53-60] (1855)
[H&R]; Higgins & Riley, 1970
A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Holland, 1896
List of the Lepidoptera from Aldabra, Seychelles, and other East African Islands, Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbot Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1064) : 265-273
Holland, 1896
List of the Lepidoptera Collected in East Africa, 1894, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieut. Ludwig von Höhnel Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 18 (1098) : 741-767
Hopffer, 1855
[Lepidoptera Diurna] Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1855 : 639-643
Hopffer, 1862
Die Schmetterlinge in W. C. H. Peters, Reise nach Mossambique in Peters, Reise Mossambique : 349-438
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Joicey & Talbot, 1927
New forms of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Encycl. Ent. (B3) 2 (1) : 1-14
Kirby, 1871
A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp : 1-690
Kirby, 1880
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera, Sphingidae, Castniidae and Uraniidae) in the Museum of the Science and Art, Dublin, with remarks of new or interesting species Proc. R. Dublin Soc. (2) 2: 292-340
Klots, 1933
A generic revision of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera). Together with a study of the male genitalia Ent. amer. 12 (3): 139-204, (4): 205-242, pl. 5-13
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
Lanz, 1896
Besprechung der von Dr. Bumiller 1893 aus Ostafrika mitgebrachten Schmetterlinge Dt. ent. Z. Iris 9 (1) : 113-147
Larsen, 1992
On the status of Colotis agoye (Wallengren, 1857) and its subspecies Metamorphosis 3 (1) : 5-10
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar : 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Lucas, 1849
Exploration Scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les Annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articules (3) Insectes Explor. Sci. Algérie (zool.) 3 : 1-527, : (Lepidopteres) pl. 1-4
Lucas, 1852
Description de nouvelles Espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux Collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (3): 128-141 (1852), 4 (4): 189-198 (1852), 4 (6): 290-300 (1852), 4 (7): 324-343 (1852), 4 (9): 422-432, pl. 10 (1852), 5 (7): 310-322 (1853)
Mabille, 1877
[no title] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7 : xxxvii-xxxix [37-39], : xxxix-xl [39-40], : lxxi-lxxiii [71-73]
Mabille, 1879
Lepidoptera Madagascariensia; species novae Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7) 3 : 132-144
Mabille, 1879
[... nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères de Madagascar ...] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 9 : clxxii-clxxiv,[173-174]
Mabille, 1880
Note sur une collection de Lépidoptéres Bull. Soc. ent. Belg. 23 : civ-cix, [104-109]
Mabille, 1887
in Grandidier, Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar Hist. Madag. 18 (Lép. 1) : 1-364, pl. 1-55,2A,7A-B,9A,18A-B,25A,30A
Marshall, 1897
On the Synonymy of the Butterflies of the Genus Teracolus Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 3-36
Moore, 1877
Descriptions of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (115) : 43-52
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Moore, 1884
Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 16-52
Möschler, 1884
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna des Kafferlands Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33 : 267-310, pl. 16
Oberthür, 1876
Sur la Faune des Lépidoptères de l'Algerie Étud. d'Ent. 1 : 1-74, pl. 1-4
Oberthür, 1922
Les Lépidoptères du Maroc Étud. Lépid. Comp. 19 (1): 13-402, (2): pl. 530-546
Rebel, 1914
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Expedition R. Grauernach. Zentralafrika. 1909-1911. Lepidoptera Ann. Mus. Wien. 28 : 219-294, pl. 17-24
Riley, 1934
On Lepidoptera from the Ahaggar Mountains Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 13 : 175-181
Rothschild, 1894
Some new species of Lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 1 (2) : 535-540
Rothschild, 1915
Lepidoptera of the M'Zab country, south Algeria, collected by Dr Ernest Hartert and Carl Hilgert in 1914 Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 228-243
Sharpe, 1890
Descriptions of new Species of East-African Butterflies Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (28) : 335-336
Sharpe, 1890
Further Descriptions of Butterflies and Moths collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (30) : 440-443
Sharpe, 1891
Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 : 187-194, pl. 16-17, : 633-638, pl. 48
Sharpe, 1896
List of Lepidoptera collected in Somali-land by Mrs. E. Lort Phillips Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 : 523-529
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Stauder, 1913
Lepidopterologische Ergebnisse zweier Sammelreisen in den algerischen Atlas und die nördliche Sahara Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 9 (6/7): 175-183, (8/9): 227-236, (10): 289-294, (11): 337-341, (12): 353-360
Stauder, 1922
Kleinere Original-Beiträge, Gynandromorphismus bei Teraclus daira nouna Luc Z. Wiss. InsektBiol. 17 : 107-108
Stauder, 1922
Neue Palaearktenformen. I Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 12 (1-6) : 17-25
Stauder, 1922
Neue Aberrativformen von Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 36 : 42-44
Staudinger, 1884; Staudinger, [1885]
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1 (1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884), (2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884), (3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884), (4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884), (5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884), (6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884), (7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885), (8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885), (9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885), (10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885), (11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886), (12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886), (13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886), (14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886), (15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887), (16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887), (17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887), (18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888), (19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Stoll, [1781]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)
Stoneham, 1940
Notes on the African genus Colotis, Hubnr. (Teracolus Swin.) and some new forms Bull. Stoneham Mus. (40): 1-4
Suffert, 1904
Neue afrikansche Tagfalter aus dem kön. zool. Museum, Berlin, und meiner Sammlung Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 12-107, pl. 1-3
Suffert, 1904
Neue Tagfalter aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 124-132
Swainson, 1822
Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists Zool. Illustr. (1) 1: pl. 1-18 (1820), 1: pl. 19-66 (1821), 2: pl. 67-83 (1821), 2: pl. 84-119 (1822), 3: pl. 120-134 (1822), 3: pl. 135-182 (1823)
Swainson, 1832; Swainson, [1833]
Zoological illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series Zool. Illustr. (2) 1: 1-30, pl. 1-30 (1829), 1: 31-45, pl. 31-45 (1830), 2 (11): 46-50, pl. 46-50, 2 (12): 51-55, pl. 51-55, 2 (13): 56-60, pl. 56-60, 2 (14): 61-65, pl. 61-65, 2 (15): 66-70, pl. 66-70, 2 (16): 71-75, pl. 71-75, 2 (17): 76-80, pl. 76-80, 2 (18): 81-85, pl. 81-85 (1831), 2 (19): 86-90, pl. 86-90, 2 (20): 91, pl. 91 (1832), 3 (21): 92-96, pl. 92-96 (1832), 3 (22): 97-101, pl. 97-101, 3 (23): 102-106, pl. 102-106, 3 (24): 107-111, pl. 107-111, 3 (25): 112-116, pl. 112-116, 3 (26): 117-121, pl. 117-121, 3 (27): 122-126, pl. 122-126, 3 (28): 127-131, pl. 127-131, 3 (29): 132-136, pl. 132-136 (1833)
Swinhoe, 1884
On some new and little-known Species of Butterflies of the Genus Teracolus Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884 : 434-445, pl. 39-40
Swinhoe, 1890
New Species of Indian Butterflies Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 5 (29) : 353-365
Talbot, 1929
New forms of African Lepidoptera Bull. Hill Mus. 3 : 72-77
Talbot, 1939
Revisional notes on the genus Colotis Hubn. (Lepid. Pieridae) with a systematic list Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 88 : 173-233
[BMAT]; Tennent, 1996
The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia : 1-217
Thurau, 1903
Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost- und Central-Afrika, im Königl. zoologischen Museum zu Berlin Berl. ent. Z. 48 : 301-314
Trimen, 1863
Description of Three New Species of the Genus Anthocharis, Boisd., and a New Species of the Genus Pais, Hübn., from Tropical South-Western Africa Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 : 519-525
Trimen, 1862
Rhopalocera Africae Australis; A catalogue of South African Butterflies: comprising descriptions of all the known species ... Rhopal. Afr. Austr. : 1-353, pl. 1-6
Trimen, 1883
Descriptions of twelve new species of South African Lepidoptera Rhopalocera Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1883 (4) : 347-363
[BRU]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Devyatkin, Kaabak, Korolev, Murzin, Samodurov, Tarasov, 1997
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae Butts. Russia adj. terr. 1
Vuillot, 1891
[notes, communiques] Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891 : lxxviii-lxxix,[78-79], : xcvi-xcvii,[96-97], : ci-cii,[101-102], : cxv-cxvi,[115-116]
Wallace, 1867
On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian Regions Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 4 (3) : 301-416, pl. 6-9
Wallengren, 1857
Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade åren 1838-1845 af J. A. Wahlberg / Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838-1845 collecta a J. A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 2 (4) : 1-55
Wallengren, 1858
Nya Fjärilslägten - Nova Genera Lepidopterorum Öfvers. Vet. Akad. Förh. 15 : 75-84,135-142,209-215
Wallengren, 1860
Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen (1-3) Wien ent. Monats. 4 (2): 33-46, 4 (6): 161-176 (1860), 7 (5): 137-151 (1863)
Ward, 1870
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera from Madagascar Ent. mon. Mag. 6 : 224-225
Westwood, 1881
Entomology in, Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls in Oates, Matabeland : 331-365, pl. E-H
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I Butterflies of the world 10 : 1-40, pl. title,1-48,back
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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