Colotis eris

Colotis eris
Banded Gold Tip or
Black-barred Gold Tip
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species: C. eris
Binomial name
Colotis eris
(Wallengren, 1857)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris eris Klug, 1829
  • Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876
  • Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880
  • Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886

The Banded Gold Tip or Black-barred Gold Tip (Colotis eris) 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
  • C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38
  • ?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)

References

  1. ^ a b Colotis, funet.fi
  2. ^ a b Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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