Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1007-1008

Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775)

Crimson-tip

Figure 6L

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-07, T-08, T-09 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/

discarded lands, suburban areas, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Male upperside white, with inwardly black-bordered, broad, bright crimson tip on upper fore- wing; upper hindwing with black band or spots along outer edge; female upperside with dark dusting at base of both wings; upper forewing with much reduced and paler crimson area crossed by a line of small black spots; under hindwing white or pale yellowish with a central band of black spots; in both sexes, under forewing yel- lowish, apical area pink-tinged with a row of dark red- dish black spots.