Very rare
Colotis protomedia is very active butterfly.
Size: 30 mm. Very distinctive;margins of the upperside of wings is yellow with black dotted with yellow. The veins of the underside of the hindwing marked with rich orange-red, and thr margin is rich brown with yellowish-white spots ringed with black
Gebel Elba
Narrow (Nigeria to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia and south west Arabia.)
It inhabits dry savannah at altitudes.
Data Deficient
1 record from 1920, collected by "Heald" at Tillah Elliah" (assumed to be Gebel Elba)
Resident
January
Hostplant: Maerua (Capparaceae)
The larval foodplant is Maerua ( Capparidaceae ).
Colotis protomedia, the yellow splendour tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somaliland,[2] south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] The habitat consists of dry savannah.
Adults have a fast flight. They are attracted to flowers, especially those of Maerua species.
The larvae feed on Maerua species.
Colotis protomedia, the yellow splendour tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somaliland, south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of dry savannah.
Adults have a fast flight. They are attracted to flowers, especially those of Maerua species.
The larvae feed on Maerua species.
Colotis protomedia is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Pierinae.
Colotis protomedia werd in 1829 beschreven door Klug.[1]
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