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 Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 9 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.
June
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Orange Tip in Queen Elizabeth National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and August–December, the lowest months. That is one of Queen Elizabeth National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 150 mm in April.
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.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Desert Orange Tip sightings, Queen Elizabeth National Park ranks 4th 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 Queen Elizabeth National Park (family Pieridae, Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs) are African Caper (about 30%), Yellow Caper White (about 10%) and False Dotted Border (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 Queen Elizabeth National Park (7 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.
