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{{Speciesbox | name = Veined tip | image = Veined Tip 1, Africa.jpg | image_caption = Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania | image2 = Veined golden arab (Colotis vesta princeps) underside.jpg | image2_caption = Veined golden arab, C. v. princeps Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda | taxon = Colotis vesta | authority = (Reiche, 1849) | synonyms =- Idmaeus vesta Reiche, 1849
- Teracolus vesta Butler, 1897
- Colotis vesta vesta f. ops Talbot, 1942
- Idmais amelia Lucas, 1852
- Teracolus armitagei Dudgeon, 1916
- Teracolus amelia f. insignis Rothschild, 1921
- Teracolus argillaceus Butler, 1877
- Colotis vesta argillaceus f. pluvius Talbot, 1939
- Teracolus catachrysops Butler, 1878
- Teracolus vesta ab. agapita Hulstaert, 1924
- Colotis vesta f. kibwezi Stoneham, 1939
- Teracolus hanningtoni Butler, 1883
- Teracolus bipartitus Rothschild, 1894
- Teracolus amelia hanningtoni f. nigrescens Le Doux, 1929
- Colotis vesta f. kitgi Stoneham, 1939
- Colotis vesta f. ilia Stoneham, 1957
- Teracolus mutans Butler, 1877
- Colotis vesta mutans f. arida Talbot, 1939
- Teracolus rhodesinus Butler, 1894
- Teracolus vesta ab. virescens Hulstaert, 1924
- Idmais velleda Lucas, 1852
}}Colotis vesta, the veined tip, veined orange or veined golden Arab, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The wingspan is {{convert|32|–|40|mm|abbr=on}} in males and {{convert|34|–|45|mm|abbr=on}} in females. The adults fly year-round, peaking in late summer and autumn.[1] The larvae feed on Maerua angolensis.[1] SubspeciesListed alphabetically:[2] - C. v. amelia (Lucas, 1852) (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, northern Nigeria)
- C. v. argillaceus (Butler, 1877) (southern Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland)
- C. v. catachrysops (Butler, 1878) (coast of Kenya, coast of Tanzania)
- C. v. hanningtoni (Butler, 1883) (north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- C. v. kagera Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998 (south-western Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
- C. v. mutans (Butler, 1877) (Zambia, Malawi, northern Mozambique, northern Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northern Namibia)
- C. v. princeps Talbot, 1939 (south-eastern Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- C. v. rhodesinus (Butler, 1893) (western Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- C. v. velleda (Lucas, 1852) (Sudan)
- C. v. vesta (Reiche, 1849) (Ethiopia, Somalia)
References1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }} 2. ^Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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