''Mylothris'', commonly called dotted borders, is a genus of
pierid butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
found in
Africa
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically within groups:
''Mylothris''
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The ''chloris'' species group:
* '' Mylothris agathina'' (Cramer, 779
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– eastern dotted border or common dotted border
* '' Mylothris arabicus'' Gabriel, 1954
* '' Mylothris asphodelus'' Butler, 1888
* '' Mylothris chloris'' (Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 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, 866
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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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'' 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
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
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