Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: family Pieridae, subfamily Pierinae Author Liseki, Steven D. Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania; & School of Anthropology and Conservation, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; Author Vane-Wright, Richard I. School of Anthropology and Conservation, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; & Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; & Geographical and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK text Journal of Natural History 2014 2014-04-28 48 25 - 26 1543 1583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.886343 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2014.886343 1464-5262 5193830 Colotis aurigineus (Butler, 1883) Kielland 1990: 267 , 3 figs. Larsen 1996 : pl. 6, figs 49 i–iii. d’ Abrera 1997: 72 (5 figs). SI: Figure 13a–d. Forewing length: male 20.0– 23.5 mm (mean ( n = 7) 21.2 mm , SD = 1.275); female 18–21.5 mm (mean ( n = 5) 19.86 mm , SD = 0.984). Records. According to Kielland (1990 , p.56), generally common in drier parts of Tanzania , including forest margins and open forest, at 500–2200 m . First recorded from Kilimanjaro by Godman (1885 , p.540) at 5000 and 6000 ft , Butler (1888 , p.92) as Teracolus venustus Butler, 1888 (a synonym), and Aurivillius (1910a, p.11), extensive material of this species from the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro is present in the BMNH. Three specimens from Loitokitok (ex Brodie ), on the northern flank of the massif, are preserved in the OUMNH. Also recorded from Taveta by Butler (1888 , p.92) and Rogers (1913 , p.98), this species may penetrate the lower reaches of the forest at about 2000 m . However, we have no evidence of this, and it was not encountered at that elevation by Liseki (2009) . More widely, the species occurs from eastern DRC , southern Zambia and southern Malawi northwards to southern Sudan ( Ackery et al. 1995 ; see also Bernardi 1989 : map 3). The butterfly is somewhat variable, but does not exhibit very marked sexual dimorphism or seasonal variation. Form “ansorgei” Marshall lacks grey-dusting at the base of the forewings, and is thought to be a wet season form (see also comment under C. chrysonome ).