The Eastern Dotted Border or Common Dotted Border (Mylothris agathina) is a butterfly

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...

 of the Pieridae

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...

 family. It is found in Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

, Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 and southern and eastern South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. 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

Saldanha, Western Cape

Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 22,000 people, located north of Cape Town on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its situation as a natural sheltered harbour has led to development as a port for the export of iron ore from Sishen in...

.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 50–60 mm (2–2.4 ) for males and 52 millimetre 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

Erianthemum dregei

Erianthemum dregei is a species of parasitic plant in the Loranthaceae family, and is commonly known as the Hairy Mistletoe or Wood Flower.-Distribution and habitat:...

, Teighemia quinquenervia, Ximenia caffra, Osyris lanceolata

Osyris lanceolata

Osyris lanceolata is the African Sandalwood, used for its scented wood and to extract essential oil. The species is found in Algiers, Zimbabwe, Widespread in all East African Countries but not usually abundant in any one place. It is a hemi-parasitic...

, and Osyris compressa

Osyris compressa

Osyris compressa is a facultatively hemiparasitic, mainly South African plant of the Sandalwood family, Santalaceae...

(which used to be called Colpoon compressum)).

Subspecies

• Mylothris agathina agathina
• Mylothris agathina richlora Suffert, 1904