• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Elgon Crimson Tip

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Teracolus elgonensis	Sharpe, 1891

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis basilewskyi	Berger, 1956
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis elgonensis	(Sharpe, 1891)
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis glauningi	(Schultze, 1909)
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis kenia	Talbot, 1939
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis nobilis	Carcasson, 1961

• Colotis (C.) elgonensis is a member of the clade Colotis-group IX:

• Species	Author
  Colotis (C.) elgonensis	(Sharpe, 1891)
  Colotis (C.) erone	(Angas, 1849)
  Colotis (C.) eunoma	(Hopffer, 1855)
  Colotis (C.) halimede	(Klug, [1829])
  Colotis (C.) hetaera	(Gerstaecker, 1871)
  Colotis (C.) ione	(Godart, [1819])
  Colotis (C.) mananhari	(Ward, 1870)
  Colotis (C.) pleione	(Klug, [1829])
  Colotis (C.) protomedia	(Klug, [1829])
  Colotis (C.) regina	(Trimen, 1863)
  Colotis (C.) venosa	(Staudinger, [1885])

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database

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