Colotis evagore
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain and southwest Arabia. The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the range.
The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis and Cadaba species. Colotis evagore antigone Boisduval, 1836 (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
Colotis evagore niveus Butler, 1881 (Socotra) Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 6 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip in Kruger National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and August–January, the lowest months. That is one of Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 110 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert 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.
3rd of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Desert Orange Tip sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%) and Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 20%).
Same genus: Colotis
The closest relatives of the Desert Orange Tip that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Colotis, Tips) are Bushveld Purple Tip (about 20%), Veined Tip (about 10%) and Scarlet Tip (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (168 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.
