Mylothris chloris

Mylothris chloris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Mylothris
Species: M. chloris
Binomial name
Mylothris chloris
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio chloris Fabricius, 1775
  • Papilio thermopylae Cramer, [1779]
  • Mylothris afraorientalis Stoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris analis Aurivillius, 1907
  • Mylothris chloris f. nox Talbot, 1944
  • Mylothris agathina ab. wansoni Dufrane, 1947
  • Mylothris clarissa Butler, 1888
  • Mylothris wintoniana Sharpe, 1891
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. ochrascens Stoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris chloris f. rubrochracea Stoneham, 1937
  • Mylothris chloris f. ochreata Talbot, 1944
  • Mylothris chloris f. melanoflava Stoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris chloris f. dentigera Stoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. admeta Stoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. pyrina Stoneham, 1957
  • Mylothris afraorientalis f. agathinaria Stoneham, 1957

Mylothris chloris, the Western Dotted Border or Common Dotted Border, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of 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.

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

Subspecies

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