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Queen purple tip
At uMkhuze Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. regina
Binomial name
Colotis regina (Trimen, 1863)
Synonyms
Anthocharis regina Trimen, 1863 Colotis (Colotis) regina Teracolus regina louisa Suffert, 1904 Teracolus regina ab. flavimacula Aurivillius, 1910

Colotis regina, the queen purple tip, regal purple tip, or large violet tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Description

The wingspan is 45–62 mm. The adults fly year-round.

These butterflies are noted much rarely than other Colotis species, but recorded regularly in February and March.

Habitat and behavior

The larvae feed on Boscia and Capparis species.

References

1. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
2. Krüger, M. (2000). "A review of the afrotropical Cabera subalba group, with description of the first Southern African species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)". Metamorphosis. 11 (3). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 111–121. ISSN 2307-5031 – via Lepsoc.

• 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

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