Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Description and habits The wingspan is 38–45 mm in males and 35–42 mm in females. The adults fly year-round.
The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Capparis species.
Subspecies The following subspecies are recognised:Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms C. e. evenina — Mozambique, southern and eastern Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho C. e. sipylus (Swinhoe, 1884) — coast of Kenya, Tanzania, northern Zimbabwe C. e. xantholeuca (Sharpe, 1904) — southern Uganda, central and south-western Kenya, central, northern and western Tanzania C. e. casta (Gerstaecker, 1871) — northern Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
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Images representing Colotis evenina at BOLD