• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Veined Arab
  English	Veined Golden Arab
  English	Veined Tip

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Idmais vesta	Reiche, 1850
  Teracolus vesta	Reiche, 1850

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Colotis (C.) vesta amelia	(Lucas, 1852)
  Colotis (C.) vesta argillaceus	(Butler, 1877)
  Colotis (C.) vesta catachrysops	(Butler, 1878)
  Colotis (C.) vesta hanningtoni	(Butler, 1883)
  Colotis (C.) vesta kagera	Congdon, Kielland & Collins, 1998
  Colotis (C.) vesta mutans	(Butler, 1877)
  Colotis (C.) vesta princeps	Talbot, 1939
  Colotis (C.) vesta rhodesinus	(Butler, 1894)
  Colotis (C.) vesta velleda	(Lucas, 1852)
  Colotis (C.) vesta vesta	(Reiche, 1850)

• Colotis (C.) vesta is a member of the clade Colotis-group VIII:

• Species	Author
  Colotis (C.) aurigineus	(Butler, 1883)
  Colotis (C.) chrysonome	(Klug, [1829])
  Colotis (C.) doubledayi	(Hopffer, 1862)
  Colotis (C.) ungemachi	(Le Cerf, 1922)
  Colotis (C.) vesta	(Reiche, [1850])

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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