Biology:Colotis hildebrandtii

Short description: Species of butterfly

Colotis hildebrandtii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. hildebrandtii
Binomial name
Colotis hildebrandtii (Staudinger, 1884)
Synonyms
Callosune hildebrandtii Staudinger, 1884 Colotis hildebrandti Colotis (Colotis) hildebrandtii Teracolus callidia Grose-Smith, 1886 Teracolus hildebrandtii clara Suffert, 1904 Teracolus hildebrandtii blanca Suffert, 1904 Teracolus lanzi Bartel, 1905 Teracolus hildebrandtii ab. intermedia Neustetter, 1916 Colotis hildebrandtii f. bicolor Talbot, 1939

Colotis hildebrandtii, the golden tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in northern Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. The habitat consists of dense savanna and Acacia woodland.

Adults have a light and dancing, fast flight.

The larvae feed on Cadaba species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1924979 entry