Colotis eris

Banded gold tip
	male C. e. eris, Kenya
	female C. e. eris, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. eris
Binomial name
	Colotis eris; (Wallengren, 1857)
Synonyms
	Pieris eris Klug, 1829; Colotis (Teracolus) eris; Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876; Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880; Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886; Teracolus johnstoni Butler, 1886; Idmais eris var. punctigera Lanz, 1896; Teracolus teitensis Sharpe, 1898; Teracolus eris var. erioides Strand, 1912; Colotis eris eris f. chlorinos Talbot, 1939; Colotis eris damara Talbot, 1939; Colotis eris ab. continua Storace, 1948;

Colotis eris, the banded gold tip or black-barred gold tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The adults have fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June.^[2]

Subspecies[]

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

C. e. eris (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland)
C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 (Yemen, Oman)
?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)

^ ^a ^b Colotis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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Taxon identifiers
Colotis eris	Wikidata: Q2941253 BOLD: 55192 EoL: 184169 GBIF: 1920348 iNaturalist: 149325 IRMNG: 11040108 IUCN: 160248 LepIndex: 175910 NCBI: 943178
Pieris eris	Wikidata: Q109585246 GBIF: 11025172

Banded gold tip

male C. e. eris, Kenya

female C. e. eris, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. eris
Binomial name
*Colotis eris* (Wallengren, 1857)^[1]
Synonyms
Pieris eris Klug, 1829 Colotis (Teracolus) eris Idmais fatma C. & R. Felder, [1865] Teracolus abyssinicus Butler, 1876 Idmais maimuna Kirby, 1880 Teracolus opalescens Butler, 1886 Teracolus johnstoni Butler, 1886 Idmais eris var. punctigera Lanz, 1896 Teracolus teitensis Sharpe, 1898 Teracolus eris var. erioides Strand, 1912 Colotis eris eris f. chlorinos Talbot, 1939 Colotis eris damara Talbot, 1939 Colotis eris ab. continua Storace, 1948