Mylothris
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Mylothris, commonly called Dotted Borders, is a genus of pierid
butterflies
found in Africa
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The chloris species-group:
The trimenia species-group:
The sagala species-group:
The bernice species-group:
Ungrouped:
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
found in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.The chloris species-group:
- Mylothris agathinaMylothris agathinaThe 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...
(Cramer, [1779]) – Eastern Dotted Border or Common Dotted Border - Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
- Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
- Mylothris chloris (FabriciusFabriciusFabricius may refer to:*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:*Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome* Carel Fabricius , painter...
, 1775) – Western Dotted Border or Common Dotted Border - Mylothris continua Aurivillius, 1910
- Mylothris poppea (Cramer, [1777])
- Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius, 1775) – Tropical Dotted Border or Rhodope
The trimenia species-group:
- Mylothris croceus Butler, 1896
- Mylothris smithii (Mabille, 1879)
- Mylothris splendens Le Cerf, 1927
- Mylothris trimeniaMylothris trimeniaMylothris trimenia, Trimen's Dotted Border, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in South Africa, on the wet side of the Winterberg escarpment from the East Cape to the coast. It is also found in KwaZulu-Natal and the Limpopo Province. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing year round...
Butler, 1869 – Trimen's Dotted Border
The sagala species-group:
- Mylothris jacksoni Sharpe, 1891 – Jackson's Dotted Border
- Mylothris sagala Grose-Smith, 1886 – Dusky Dotted Border
The bernice species-group:
- Mylothris bernice (Hewitson, [1866])
- Mylothris carcassoni van Son, 1948
Ungrouped:
- Mylothris aburi Larsen & Collins, 2003
- Mylothris alberici Dufrane, 1940
- Mylothris alcuana Grünberg, 1910
- Mylothris atewa Berger, 1980 – Atewa Dotted Border
- Mylothris basalis Aurivillius, 1906
- Mylothris celisi Berger, 1981
- Mylothris citrina Aurivillius, 1898
- Mylothris crawshayi Butler, 1896
- Mylothris dimidiata Aurivillius, 1898
- Mylothris ducarmei Hecq, 2001
- Mylothris elodina Talbot, 1944
- Mylothris erlangeri Pagenstecher, 1902
- Mylothris ertli Suffert, 1904
- Mylothris eximia Hecq, 2005
- Mylothris flaviana Grose-Smith, 1898
- Mylothris hilara (Karsch, 1892)
- Mylothris humbloti (Oberthür, 1888)
- Mylothris jaopura Karsch, 1893
- Mylothris kahusiana Hecq, 2001
- Mylothris kiellandi Berger, 1985
- Mylothris kilimensis Kielland, 1990
- Mylothris kiwuensis Grünberg, 1910
- Mylothris knoopi Hecq, 2005
- Mylothris leonora Krüger, 1928
- Mylothris lucens Hecq, 2005
- Mylothris mafuga Berger, 1981
- Mylothris mavunda Hancock & Heath, 1985
- Mylothris mortoni Blachier, 1912
- Mylothris ngaziya Oberthür, 1888
- Mylothris nubila (Möschler, 1884)
- Mylothris ochracea Aurivillius, 1895
- Mylothris ochrea Berger, 1981
- Mylothris phileris (Boisduval, 1833)
- Mylothris pluviata Berger, 1980
- Mylothris polychroma Berger, 1981
- Mylothris primulina Butler, 1897
- Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
- Mylothris ruandana Strand, 1909
- Mylothris rubricosta Mabille, 1890
- Mylothris rueppelliiMylothris rueppelliiRüppell'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 for males and for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in October and from late February to April in southern Africa...
(Koch, 1865) – Rüppell's Dotted Border or Twin Dotted Border - Mylothris schoutedeni Berger, 1952
- Mylothris schumanni Suffert, 1904
- Mylothris similis Lathy, 1906
- Mylothris sjostedti Aurivillius, 1895
- Mylothris spica (Möschler, 1884)
- Mylothris subsolana Hecq, 2001
- Mylothris sulphurea Aurivillius, 1895
- Mylothris superbus Kielland, 1985
- Mylothris talboti Berger, 1980
- Mylothris xantholeuca (Hübner, 1819)
- Mylothris yulei Butler, 1897 – Yule's Dotted Border