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The Lilac Tip or Magenta Tip (''Colotis celimene'') 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.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larva feed on ''Boscia albitrunca'' and ''Capparis'' species.〔 ==Subspecies== The following subspecies are recognised:〔(''Colotis'' ), funet.fi 〕 * ''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 Congo, southern Sudan) 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 celimene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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