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.
