Colotis subfasciatus

Lemon tip

Male

Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. subfasciatus
Binomial name
*Colotis subfasciatus* (Swainson, 1822)^[1]
Synonyms
Teracolus subfasciatus Swainson, 1822 Colotis (Teracolus) subfasciatus Ptychopteryx bohemanni Wallengren, 1857 Teracolus ganymedes Trautmann, 1927 Ptychopteryx ducissa Dognin, 1891 Teracolus sulfuratus Karsch, 1898 Colotis vreuricki Dufrane, 1947

Colotis subfasciatus, the lemon tip or lemon traveller, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The habitat consists of savannah and Brachystegia woodland.^[2]

The wingspan is 45–52 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. There are distinct seasonal forms.^[2] The adults fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.^[3]

The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca.^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

C. e. subfasciatus (southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)
C. s. ducissa (Dognin, 1891) (central and western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia)

References

1 2 Colotis, funet.fi
1 2 Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group
1 2 Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.

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