Colotis protomedia

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| taxon = Colotis protomedia

| authority = (Klug, 1829)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/colotis/index.html Colotis], Site of Markku Savela

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• Pontia protomedia Klug, 1829
• Colotis (Colotis) protomedia
• Colotis protomedia f. microps Storace, 1956

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Colotis protomedia, the yellow splendour tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somaliland,{{Cite web|url=https://rammcollections.org.uk/object/20-1942-1364/|title=PIERIDAE: Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829): Yellow splendour}} south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{Cite web |url=http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_colotis.doc |title=Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group |access-date=2012-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232703/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/pieridae_colotis.doc |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} The habitat consists of dry savannah.

Adults have a fast flight. They are attracted to flowers, especially those of Maerua species.

The larvae feed on Maerua species.