Mylothris poppea

Mylothris poppea
Mylothris poppea male - Ashanti Region, Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Mylothris
Species:
M. poppea
Binomial name
Mylothris poppea
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Papilio poppea Cramer, 1777
  • Mylothris dubia Aurivillius, 1907
  • Mylothris hilara f. limbonotata Strand, 1913
  • Mylothris hilara ab. conflua Strand, 1913
  • Mylothris alcuana ab. excavata Strand, 1913
  • Mylothris poppea hilara f. trimacula Talbot, 1944
  • Mylothris poppea poppea ab. pseudospica Dufrane, 1947

Mylothris poppea, the Poppea dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo. The habitat consists of forests, penetrating riverine and drier forest areas.

The larvae feed on Loranthaceae species.

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. This species is #106. The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.

References

  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.