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Colotis subfasciatus (Lemon Tip)

Synonyms: Teracolus subfasciatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Colotis subfasciatus, the lemon tip or lemon traveller, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The habitat consists of savannah and Brachystegia woodland. The wingspan is 45–52 mm in males and 48–55 mm in females. There are distinct seasonal forms. The adults fly year-round in warm areas, peaking from March to June. The larva feed on Boscia albitrunca.
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Prey / Diet

Boscia albitrunca (Shepherd's Tree)[1]

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0