Colotis eris

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| 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

eris

Category:Butterflies of Africa

Category:Butterflies of Asia

Category:Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren

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