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The Red Tip (''Colotis antevippe'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is 45–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larva feed on ''Boscia albitrunca'', ''Boscia oleoides'', ''Capparis sepiara'', ''Maerua cafra'', and ''Maerua juncea''.〔 ==Subspecies== The following subspecies are recognised:〔(''Colotis'' ), funet.fi〕 *''C. a. antevippe'' (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, northern Nigeria, Niger, northern Cameroon) *''C. a. zera'' (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, northern and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman) *''C. a. gavisa'' (Wallengren, 1857) (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colotis antevippe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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