Colotis euippe
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Colotis euippe is a butterfly of the family Pieridae that is found in the Afrotropical realm. The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The adults fly year-round. Adults in Witsand offer reduced black markings in their summer forms, differing from specimens from other regions.
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis, Cadaba, and Boscia species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Lake Mburo National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accra | 🇬🇭 Ghana | |
| 2 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 4 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Round-Winged Orange Tip sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 89 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 13th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April, June–July, October and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Round-Winged Orange Tip in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 10% in August and November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Round-Winged Orange Tip sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Round-Winged Orange Tip sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 30%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Round-Winged Orange Tip that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Colotis, Tips) are Sulphur Orange Tip (about 10%), Scarlet Tip (about 10%) and Veined Tip (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Round-Winged Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (89 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
