Biology:Colotis elgonensis

Short description: Species of butterfly

Colotis elgonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. elgonensis
Binomial name
Colotis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)
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. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5149163 entry