Colotis evagore
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
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 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip sighting in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 6 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip in Mana Pools National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Mana Pools National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 290 mm in January.
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.
Yes
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Desert Orange Tip sightings, Mana Pools National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 20%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Orange Tip is recorded against all the insects logged in Mana Pools National Park (8 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.
