''Mylothris'', commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of

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found in

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Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:''Mylothris''
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– eastern dotted border or common dotted border * '' Mylothris arabicus'' Gabriel, 1954 * '' Mylothris asphodelus'' Butler, 1888 * '' Mylothris chloris'' (

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, 1775) – western dotted border or common dotted border * '' Mylothris continua'' Aurivillius, 1910 * '' Mylothris poppea'' (Cramer, 777 * '' 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 ''Mylothris trimenia'', the Trimen's dotted border, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. 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 Limpop ...

'' 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,

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* '' 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 ''Mylothris kiellandi'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the ...

'' 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 ''Mylothris nubila'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The larvae feed on ''Santalales The Santalales are an order (biology), orde ...

'' (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 ''Mylothris rembina'', the smoky dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north ...

'' (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

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10 et seq
Pierini Pieridae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxa described in 1819 {{Pieridae-stub