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The Veined Tip, Veined Orange, or Veined Golden Arab (''Colotis vesta'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is 32–40 mm in males and 34–45 mm in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 The larvae feed on ''Maerua angolensis''.〔 ==Subspecies== Listed alphabetically:〔(''Colotis'' ), funet.fi 〕 * ''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, Swaziland) * ''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 Congo) * ''C. v. rhodesinus'' (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo) * ''C. v. velleda'' (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan) * ''C. v. vesta'' (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia) 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 vesta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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