Colotis vesta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Colotis
- Species
- Colotis vesta
- Scientific Name
- Colotis vesta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Colotis vesta
Colotis vesta, the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
The wingspan is 32–40 mm (1.3–1.6 in) in males and 34–45 mm (1.3–1.8 in) in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.
The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.
...Colotis vesta in languages:
- English
- Veined Tip
- English
- Veined Orange
- English
- Veined Golden Arab
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Colotis amata
- Colotis annae
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- Colotis aurora
- Colotis australis
- Colotis auxo
- Colotis calais
- Colotis castalis
- Colotis celimene
- Colotis chrysonome
- Colotis daira
- Colotis danae
- Colotis doubledayi
- Colotis elgonensis
- Colotis ephyia
- Colotis erone
- Colotis etrida
- Colotis eucharis
- Colotis euippe
- Colotis eunoma
- Colotis evagore
- Colotis evanthe
- Colotis evarne
- Colotis evenina
- Colotis fausta
- Colotis guenei
- Colotis halimede
- Colotis hetaera
- Colotis incretus
- Colotis ione
- Colotis lais
- Colotis liagore
- Colotis mananhari
- Colotis mirei
- Colotis muansa
- Colotis ocellatus
- Colotis pallene
- Colotis phisadia
- Colotis protomedia
- Colotis protractus
- Colotis puellaris
- Colotis regina
- Colotis ungemachi
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