Colotis elgonensis

Colotis elgonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Colotis
Species:
C. elgonensis
Binomial name
Colotis elgonensis
(Sharpe, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teracolus elgonensis Sharpe, 1891
  • Colotis (Colotis) elgonensis
  • Pinacopteryx helena Grose-Smith, 1898
  • Colotis elgonensis f. masabae Stoneham, 1957
  • Teracolus elgonensis var. glauningi Schultze, 1909

Colotis elgonensis, the Elgon crimson tip or mountain crimson tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of undisturbed submontane forests.

The larvae feed on Maerua, Boscia, Capparis, Cadaba and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

  • C. e. elgonensis (eastern Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)
  • C. e. basilewskyi Berger, 1956 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, southern Sudan)
  • C. e. glauningi (Schultze, 1909) (eastern Nigeria, north-western Cameroon)
  • C. e. kenia Talbot, 1939 (Kenya)
  • C. e. nobilis Carcasson, 1961 (western highlands of Tanzania)

References

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  1. ^ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-02.


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