canary yellow. Distribution It is recorded from Baluchistan, the Punjab and western India (Kutch; Rajasthan; Sindh and Madhya Pradesh, south to parts of Northern Karnataka and Telangana). It is also found in the provinces around the Persian Gulf. Subspecies Colotis vestalis vestalis Colotis vestalis castalis (Staudinger, 1884) (Somalia, southern Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, north-eastern Tanzania) Colotis vestalis nadir Gross & Ebert, 1975 See also List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) References vestalis Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1876 Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler