Colotis evagore antigone
The Small Orange Tip butterfly has a wingspan of 3 to 3.5 cm. Males are slightly smaller than females.
Only the male exhibits the orange tip to the wings. Females are more blotched with blackish-brown and yellow spots.
The Small Orange Tip is found along the southern and eastern coast line from the Western Cape through KwaZulu-Natal. It also occurs through Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and Nort-West province.
It may be found in a variety of habitats including bushveld, savanna and dry coastal forest.
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