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Mylothris agathina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Mylothris agathina

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mylothris

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Mylothris, Mylothris rueppellii, Belenois creona, Mylothris chloris, Mylothris sagala

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.

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. 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).

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)
  • Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri), Uganda)
  • References

    Mylothris agathina Wikipedia