Colotis elgonensis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. elgonensis |
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| Colotis elgonensis (Sharpe, 1891)[1] |
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Colotis elgonensis, the Elgon Crimson Tip or Mountain Crimson Tip, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of 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
- Colotis elgonensis elgonensis (eastern Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)
- Colotis elgonensis basilewskyi Berger, 1956 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, southern Sudan)
- Colotis elgonensis glauningi (Schultze, 1909) (eastern Nigeria, north-western Cameroon)
- Colotis elgonensis kenia Talbot, 1939 (Kenya)
- Colotis elgonensis nobilis Carcasson, 1961 (western highlands of Tanzania)
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- ^ Colotis, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group
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