Colotis elgonensis

Colotis elgonensis
Scientific classification
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 Pieridae family. 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)

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