Mylothris rueppellii

Mylothris rueppellii
Mylothris rueppellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Mylothris
Species: M. rueppellii
Binomial name
Mylothris rueppellii
(Koch, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris haemus Trimen, 1879

Rüppell's Dotted Border or Twin Dotted Border (Mylothris rueppellii) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in most of Africa, south of the Sahara. The wingspan is 48–55 millimetres (1.9–2.2 in) for males and 50–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in) for females. Adults are on wing year round, with peaks in October and from late February to April in southern Africa.[2] The larvae feed on various Loranthaceae species, including Loranthus, Tapinanthus oleifolius and Tapinanthus rubromarginatus.

Subspecies

  • Mylothris rueppellii rueppellii (highlands of Ethiopia)
  • Mylothris rueppellii haemus (Trimen, 1879) (southern Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
  • Mylothris rueppellii rhodesiana Riley, 1921 (northern Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, southern Zaire (Shaba), south-eastern Angola)
  • Mylothris rueppellii septentrionalis Carpenter, 1928 (southern Sudan)
  • Mylothris rueppellii tirikensis Neave, 1904 (highlands of Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania)
  • Mylothris rueppellii josi Larsen, 1986

References

  1. ^ Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.


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