Colotis ione

Colotis ione, the bushveld purple tip, common purple tip, or violet tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the dry parts of Africa south of the Sahara.

Bushveld purple tip
male and female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. ione
Binomial name
Colotis ione (Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
Pieris ione Godart, 1819 Anthocharis phlegyas Butler, 1865 Euchloe coliagenes Butler, 1867 Euchloe jalone Butler, 1869 Teracolus buxtoni Butler, 1876 Teracolus imperator Butler, 1876 Callosune jalone var. natalensis Staudinger, 1885 Teracolus bacchus Butler, 1888 Callosune mrogoroana Vuillot, 1891 Teracolus bettoni Butler, 1898 Teracolus difficilis Sharpe, 1900 Teracolus schuberti Suffert, 1904 Teracolus bacchus hydrophobus Suffert, 1904 Teracolus ione aurivillii Suffert, 1904 Teracolus bacchus f. anomalus Aurivillius, 1910 Teracolus bacchus f. rubidipuncta Joicey and Talbot, 1927 Teracolus bacchus f. obsolescens Joicey and Talbot, 1927 Colotis ione f. primularis Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. cardamines Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. leucozona Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. xanthozona Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. leda Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. xerophila Talbot, 1939 Colotis ione f. malindini Stoneham, 1940 Colotis ione f. sukuni Stoneham, 1940 Colotis ione f. erubescens Talbot, 1942 Colotis phlegyas ab. pierardi Dufrane, 1947 Colotis ione f. polychroma Stoneham, 1957

The wingspan is 45–52 mm.

The larva feeds on Maerua, Boscia, Capparis, Ritchiea, and Cadaba species.

External links

• Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 17