Colotis doubledayi

Doubleday's tip
	C. d. doubledayi, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. doubledayi
Binomial name
	Colotis doubledayi; (Hopffer, 1862)
Subspecies
	C. d. doubledayi; C. d. angolanus Talbot, 1929; C. d. flavulus Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997;
Synonyms
	Idmaeus doubledayi Hopffer, 1862; Idmaeus vesta Trimen, 1862; Idmais hewitsoni Kirby, 1871; Teracolus doubledayi Butler, 1897;

Colotis doubledayi, the Doubleday's tip or Doubleday's orange, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 32–40 mm in males and 34–45 mm in females. The adults have two broods from September to October and April to May.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b ^c Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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Doubleday's tip

C. d. doubledayi, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. doubledayi
Binomial name
*Colotis doubledayi* (Hopffer, 1862)^[1]
Subspecies
C. d. doubledayi C. d. angolanus Talbot, 1929 C. d. flavulus Henning, Henning, Joannou & Woodhall, 1997
Synonyms
Idmaeus doubledayi Hopffer, 1862 Idmaeus vesta Trimen, 1862 Idmais hewitsoni Kirby, 1871 Teracolus doubledayi Butler, 1897