Mylothris chloris

Mylothris chloris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. chloris
Binomial name
Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio chloris Fabricius, 1775 Papilio thermopylae Cramer, [1779] Mylothris afraorientalis Stoneham, 1937 Mylothris analis Aurivillius, 1907 Mylothris chloris f. nox Talbot, 1944 Mylothris agathina ab. wansoni Dufrane, 1947 Mylothris clarissa Butler, 1888 Mylothris wintoniana Sharpe, 1891 Mylothris afraorientalis f. ochrascens Stoneham, 1937 Mylothris chloris f. rubrochracea Stoneham, 1937 Mylothris chloris f. ochreata Talbot, 1944 Mylothris chloris f. melanoflava Stoneham, 1957 Mylothris chloris f. dentigera Stoneham, 1957 Mylothris afraorientalis f. admeta Stoneham, 1957 Mylothris afraorientalis f. pyrina Stoneham, 1957 Mylothris afraorientalis f. agathinaria Stoneham, 1957

Mylothris chloris, the western dotted border or common dotted border, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of open woodland and dense savanna, but may also be found in disturbed rainforest areas and suburban gardens.

The larvae feed on Osyris abyssinicus, Englerina gabonensis, Phragmanthera capitata, Loranthus and Viscum species.

Subspecies

• Mylothris chloris chloris (Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, north-western Tanzania)
• Mylothris chloris clarissa Butler, 1888 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya)

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10