Speckled sulpher tip
Colotis agoye agoye
Fun Fact: Speckled Sulpher Tips are fast fliers, racing around their food plants before they settle on flowers.
Introduction: Speckled Sulpher Tips (Colotis agoye agoye) are fast fliers, racing around their food plants before they settle on flowers. Bushveld habitats are preferred.
Distribution: Northern Namibia, Otavi, Brandberg Mountain
Breeding/Larval food: Cadaba spp. Boscia spp.
Colouration: Males are white above with a small orange apical tip. Black scales outline the wing-veins. Females are similar. Undersides of both sexes are whitish with a touch of yellow.
On the wing: Throughout the year but more plentiful in the summer months.
Wingspan: Male and female: 35 to 40mm.
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