Colotis subfasciatus
| Lemon Tip Lemon Traveller | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Colotis |
| Species: | C. subfasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Colotis subfasciatus (Swainson, 1822)[1] | |
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The Lemon Tip or Lemon Traveller (Colotis subfasciatus) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The habitat consists of savanna 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 Congo, Malawi, Zambia)