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Colotis subfasciatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Colotis

Colotis subfasciatus

Colotis subfasciatus, the lemon tip or lemon traveller, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The habitat consists of savannah and Brachystegia woodland.

The wingspan is 45–52 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. There are distinct seasonal forms. The adults fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • C. e. subfasciatus (southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
  • C. s. ducissa (Dognin, 1891) (central and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia)
  • References

    Colotis subfasciatus Wikipedia


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