Colotis eris
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Banded gold tip
| image = Colotis eris male Kilimanjaro.jpg
| image_caption = male C. eris, Kilimanjaro Region
| image2 = Colotis eris 2011 12 16 13 31 Mkhuze.jpg
| image2_caption = female C. e. eris, South Africa
| genus = Colotis
| species = eris
| authority = (Wallengren, 1857)
| synonyms = *Pieris eris Klug, 1829
- Colotis (Teracolus) eris
- Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865]
- Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876
- Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880
- Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886
- Teracolus johnstoni Butler, 1886
- Idmais eris var. punctigera Lanz, 1896
- Teracolus teitensis Sharpe, 1898
- Teracolus eris var. erioides Strand, 1912
- Colotis eris eris f. chlorinos Talbot, 1939
- Colotis eris damara Talbot, 1939
- Colotis eris ab. continua Storace, 1948
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Colotis eris, the banded gold tip or black-barred gold tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}
The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/colotis/index.html Colotis] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- C. e. eris — Sub-Saharan Africa, including: Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini
- C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 — Arabian Peninsula: Yemen, Oman
- ?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)
References
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- [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n39/mode/2up Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15] as johnstoni
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Category:Butterflies described in 1857
Category:Butterflies of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
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