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 ).
