Mylothris jacksoni

Mylothris jacksoni
Mylothris jacksoni knutssoni male
Mylothris jacksoni knutssoni female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. jacksoni
Binomial name
Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891[1]
Synonyms
Mylothris striata Aurivillius, 1910 Mylothris sagala jacksoni f. insignis Talbot, 1944 Mylothris sagala f. hyacinth Stoneham, 1957 Mylothris knutssoni Aurivillius, 1891 Mylothris sagala knutsoni f. discus Talbot, 1944 Mylothris sagala nagichota Talbot, 1944 Mylothris sagala sagitta Clifton, 1980

Mylothris jacksoni, Jackson’s Dotted Border, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of submontane forests.

Adults have a weak flight and stay close to the ground. Males remain on wing for long periods, coursing along the edges of forests, while females spend most of their time in the forest canopy.

The larvae feed on Loranthus species.

Subspecies

• Mylothris jacksoni jacksoni (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, northern Tanzania)
• Mylothris jacksoni cederici Collins, 1997 (Bioko)
• Mylothris jacksoni cephisus Talbot, 1946 (south-eastern Kenya)
• Mylothris jacksoni knutssoni Aurivillius, 1891 (eastern highlands of Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
• Mylothris jacksoni nagichota Talbot, 1944 (mountains of southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
• Mylothris jacksoni sagitta Clifton, 1980 (Kenya)

References

1. Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Tribe Aporiina

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 11