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Colotis eris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colotis

Colotis eris

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.

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • 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

    Colotis eris Wikipedia
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