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The Desert Orange Tip, Small Orange Tip, or Tiny Orange Tip (''Colotis evagore'') is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain, and southwest Arabia.〔 The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.〔 The larva feed on ''Maerua'', ''Capparis'' and ''Cadaba'' species.〔Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.〕 ==Subspecies== The following subspecies are recognised:〔 * ''Colotis evagore evagore'' Klug, 1829 –Small Orange Tip (Saudi Arabia, Yemen) * ''Colotis evagore nouna'' Lucas, 1849 (Spain, north-west Africa) * ''Colotis evagore antigone'' Boisduval, 1836 (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland) * ''Colotis evagore niveus'' Butler, 1881 (Socotra) 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 evagore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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