title: Colotis eris
text: # Colotis eris
  
  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.
  
  The larvae feed on Boscia albitrunca and Boscia oleoides.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  The following subspecies are recognised:
  
  * C. e. eris (Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, northern Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini)
  * C. e. contractus Gabriel, 1937-38 (Yemen, Oman)
  * ?C. e. johnstoni (Butler, 1886)
  