Mylothris chloris

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Mylothris chloris
Common dotted border (Mylothris chloris chloris) male.jpg
male M. c. chloris
Gambia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Mylothris
Species:
M. chloris
Binomial name
Mylothris chloris
(Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio chlorisFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio thermopylaeCramer, [1779]
  • Mylothris afraorientalisStoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris analisAurivillius, 1907
  • Mylothris chloris f. noxTalbot, 1944
  • Mylothris agathina ab. wansoniDufrane, 1947
  • Mylothris clarissaButler, 1888
  • Mylothris wintonianaSharpe, 1891
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. ochrascensStoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris chloris f. rubrochraceaStoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris chloris f. ochreataTalbot, 1944
  • Mylothris chloris f. melanoflavaStoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris chloris f. dentigeraStoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. admetaStoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. pyrinaStoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. agathinariaStoneham, 1957

Mylothris chloris, the western dotted border or common dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of open woodland and dense savanna, but may also be found in disturbed rainforest areas and suburban gardens.

Contents

The larvae feed on Osyris abyssinicus , Englerina gabonensis , Phragmanthera capitata , Loranthus and Viscum species.

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References

  1. Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Tribe Aporiina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-30.