Mylothris spica

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Mylothris spica
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Mylothris spica - Cameroon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Mylothris
Species:
M. spica
Binomial name
Mylothris spica
(Möschler, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tachyris poppea var. spicaMöschler, 1884

Mylothris spica, the spica dotted border is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ghana and Angola. [2] The habitat consists of wet forests.

The larvae feed on Santalales species.

Subspecies

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<i>Mylothris jaopura</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Mylothris poppea</i> Species of butterfly

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Mylothris rembina, the smoky dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. The habitat consists of forests.

<i>Mylothris rhodope</i> Species of butterfly

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Mylothris schumanni, Schumann's dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

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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.