Colotis evagore
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip sighting in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 19 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip in Moremi Game Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and August–November, the lowest months.
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.
5th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Desert Orange Tip sightings, Moremi Game Reserve ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mana Pools National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%), Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 20%) and Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 20%).
Same family: Pieridae
The closest relatives of the Desert Orange Tip that you can see in Moremi Game Reserve (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are Pioneer White (about 20%) and Broad-Bordered Grass Yellow (about 20%), 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 Moremi Game Reserve (6 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.
