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Mylothris rueppellii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Mylothris rueppellii

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Mylothris

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Mylothris sagala, Mylothris jacksoni, Mylothris agathina, Mylothris rhodope

Mylothris rueppellii, the Rüppell's dotted border or twin dotted border, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara. The wingspan is 48–55 millimetres (1.9–2.2 in) for males and 50–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in) for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with peaks in October and from late February to April in southern Africa. The larvae feed on various Loranthaceae species, including Loranthus, Tapinanthus oleifolius and Tapinanthus rubromarginatus.

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Subspecies

  • M. r. rueppellii (highlands of Ethiopia)
  • M. r. haemus (Trimen, 1879) (southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
  • M. r. josi Larsen, 1986 (Nigeria)
  • M. r. rhodesiana Riley, 1921 (northern Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, southern Zaire (Shaba), south-eastern Angola)
  • M. r. septentrionalis Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan)
  • M. r. tirikensis Neave, 1904 (highlands of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania)
  • Images from gardens in Johannesburg, South Africa

    References

    Mylothris rueppellii Wikipedia