Colotis elgonensis

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Colotis

Colotis elgonensis, the Elgon crimson tip or mountain crimson tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of undisturbed submontane forests.

The larvae feed on Maerua, Boscia, Capparis, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

C. e. elgonensis (eastern Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)

C. e. basilewskyi Berger, 1956 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, southern Sudan)

C. e. glauningi (Schultze, 1909) (eastern Nigeria, north-western Cameroon)

C. e. kenia Talbot, 1939 (Kenya)

C. e. nobilis Carcasson, 1961 (western highlands of Tanzania)

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