Colotis eris
Appearance
Banded gold tip | |
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male C. e. eris, Kenya | |
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female C. e. eris, South Africa | |
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Species: | C. eris
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Colotis eris (Wallengren, 1857)[1]
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Colotis eris, the banded gold tip or black-barred gold tip, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.[2]
The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- C. e. eris (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)
- C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 (Yemen, Oman)
- ?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)
References
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as johnstoni