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Bushveld Purple Tip

Colotis ione

Photo by JeffCrocombe
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized butterfly (45-50mm), highly variable in colour. Males have purple tips to their upper forewings; females may have orange, yellow, brown or black. There are separate wet-season forms and dry-season forms for both sexes also.

Habitat:

Open woodland and savannah.

Notes:

This is a female, wet-season form ione. Spotted in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve.

Reference Links:

Bushveld Purple Tip - Colotis ione - Overview, Colotis ione

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