Colotis eris

Colotis eris, the banded gold tip or black-barred gold tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

Banded gold tip
male C. eris, Kilimanjaro Region
female C. e. eris, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. eris
Binomial name
Colotis eris (Wallengren, 1857)
Synonyms
Pieris eris Klug, 1829 Colotis (Teracolus) eris Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865] Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876 Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880 Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886 Teracolus johnstoni Butler, 1886 Idmais eris var. punctigera Lanz, 1896 Teracolus teitensis Sharpe, 1898 Teracolus eris var. erioides Strand, 1912 Colotis eris eris f. chlorinos Talbot, 1939 Colotis eris damara Talbot, 1939 Colotis eris ab. continua Storace, 1948

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.

The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• C. e. eris (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
• C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 (Yemen, Oman)
• ?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as johnstoni