Mylothris aburi

Mylothris aburi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. aburi
Binomial name
	Mylothris aburi; Larsen & Collins, 2003

Mylothris aburi, the savanna dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in eastern Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Togo, and northern Nigeria. The habitat consists of the savanna-forest transition zone. It is also found in dry forests and light woodland.

It has been recorded amongst old Loranthus-infested citrus trees

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #103. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

References

↑ Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 33. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[funet-1] Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 33. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.