Colotis vesta (Reiche, [1850])

Subspecies

• [Colotis] vesta amelia (Lucas, 1852)
  - armitagei (Dudgeon, 1916)
  - insignis (Rothschild, 1921)
  

Adult morphology	Wingspan	25
Literature references	Species number (Larsen 2005)	54
	Page number (Ackery et al. 1995)	196
Habitat	Habitat preference [1]	SUD: Centered on the Sudan Savannah and the Sahel, extending south as vagrants/migrants SUD
Distribution	Geographical distribution [2]	AFR: Practically found throughout Africa in suitable habitats as indicated AFR

Biology

Flight period:

Ecology

Host plants:

• Capparidaceae
  - Boscia
  - Capparis
  - Maerua
  - Ritchiea

• Salvadoraceae
  - Salvadora

• Capparidaceae
  - Boscia
  - Capparis
  - Maerua
  - Ritchiea
• Salvadoraceae
  - Salvadora