Mylothris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Aporiina
Genus: Mylothris
Species:

M. aburi – M. agathina – M. alberici – M. alcuana – M. arabicus – M. asphodelus – M. atewa – M. basalis – M. bernice – M. carcassoni – M. carvalhoi – M. celisi – M. chloris – M. citius – M. citrina – M. continua – M. crawshayi – M. croceus – M. dimidiata – M. elodina – M. erlangeri – M. ertli – M. eximia – M. flaviana – M. hilara – M. humbloti – M. jacksoni – M. kiellandi – M. kilimensis – M. kiwuensis – M. knoopi – M. leonora – M. lucens – M. mafuga – M. mavunda – M. mortoni – M. ngaziya – M. nubila – M. ochracea – M. ochrea – M. phileris – M. pluviata – M. polychroma – M. poppea – M. primulina – M. rembina – M. rhodope – M. ruandana – M. rubricosta – M. rueppellii – M. sagala – M. schoutedenii – M. schumanni – M. similis – M. sjoestedti – M. smithii – M. spica – M. splendens – M. sulphurea – M. superbus – M. talboti – M. trimenia – M. yulei
Name

Mylothris Hübner, 1819.

Type species: Papilio poppea Cramer, 1777: 71; by selection of Butler.
Synonymy

Mylothris Hübner, 1819: 90.
Pseudomylothris Neustetter, 1929; Synonymy in Vane-Wright & Liseki, 2011. TS: Mylothris leonora Krüger, 1928.

Mylothris agathina (Cramer 1779), Magaliesberg, South Africa on Crassula ovata

References

Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. Reference page.
Hecq, J. 2005: Nouveaux Mylothris du Nigeria (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Lambillionea 105(1): 129–131. Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Mendes, L.F. & Bivar de Sousa, A. 2009. Description of a new species of Mylothris from northern Angola (Lepidoptera Pieridae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 141(1): 55–58. ResearchGate Reference page.
Oremans, P. 2019. Description d’une nouvelle espèce du genre Mylothris Hübner, 1819 du Congo (RDC) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Faunitaxys 7(11): 1–2. PDF. Reference page.
Vane-Wright, R.I. & Liseki, S.D. 2011. On the status of Pseudomylothris Neustetter, a supposed endemic butterfly genus from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 44: 85–93. ResearchGate Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Voëlentwitjies
中文: 迷粉蝶屬

Mylothris, commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in Africa.
Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]

The chloris species group:

Mylothris agathina (Cramer, [1779]) – eastern dotted border or common dotted border
Mylothris arabicus Gabriel, 1954
Mylothris asphodelus Butler, 1888
Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 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 trimenia 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 rueppellii (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 yulei Butler, 1897 – Yule's dotted border

References

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