Colotis protomedia

Colotis protomedia, the yellow splendour tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, Chad, southern Sudan, northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Somaliland,^[2] south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3] The habitat consists of dry savannah.

Colotis protomedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colotis
Species:	C. protomedia
Binomial name
Colotis protomedia (Klug, 1829)[1]
Synonyms
Pontia protomedia Klug, 1829 Colotis (Colotis) protomedia Colotis protomedia f. microps Storace, 1956

Adults have a fast flight. They are attracted to flowers, especially those of Maerua species.

The larvae feed on Maerua species.