Mylothris agathina

Mylothris agathina

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. agathina
Binomial name
*Mylothris agathina* (Cramer, [1779])^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio agathina Cramer, [1779] Mylothris richlora Suffert, 1904 Cathaemia xantholeuca Hübner, 1819 in Hübner, [1816-[1826] Mylothris chloris f. leucoma Talbot, 1944 Mylothris agathina ab. carminea Dufrane, 1947 Mylothris agathina ab. radiata Dufrane, 1947 Mylothris agathina ab. dawanti Dufrane, 1947 Mylothris agathina f. maureli Dufrane, 1947 Mylothris chloris ab. macrosticta Storace, 1953 Mylothris intermedia Aurivillius, 1910 Mylothris chloris f. agathinoides Talbot, 1944 Mylothris agathina f. bicolor Berger, 1981 Mylothris agathina f. unicolor Berger, 1981

Mylothris agathina, the eastern dotted border or common dotted border, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and southern and eastern South Africa. Its range has spread westwards around the coast in recent decades however, and it now occurs to the north of Cape Town to somewhat beyond Saldanha.^[2]

The wingspan is 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) for males and 52–65 mm (2.0–2.6 in) for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in October and from late February to April.^[3] The larvae feed on Tapinanthus oleifolius, Tapinanthus rubromarginatus, Erianthemum dregei, Teighemia quinquenervia, Ximenia caffra, Osyris lanceolata, and Osyris compressa (which used to be called Colpoon compressum).^[4]

At Langebaan, South Africa

M. a. agathina

Subspecies

Mylothris agathina agathina (Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (south), Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province, Western Cape Province), Swaziland)^[5]
Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri), Uganda)^[5]

References

↑ Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Alan Weaving; Mike Picker; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86872-713-0.
↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
↑ Manning, John (2008). Field Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7.
1 2 Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Tribe Aporiina

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