Mylothris rubricosta

Mylothris rubricosta
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. rubricosta
Binomial name
Mylothris rubricosta (Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Pieris rubricosta Mabille, 1890 Mylothris mackenziana Sharpe, 1891 Mylothris berenice r. berenicides Holland, 1896 Mylothris sulphureotincta Strand, 1909 Mylothris bernice rubricosta f. fuscescens Talbot, 1944 Mylothris bernice f. aethra Stoneham, 1957

Mylothris rubricosta, the eastern swamp dotted border or streaked dotted border, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of papyrus swamps.

Adults have a weak flight and stay close to the ground. Adults feed on the flower nectar of Persicaria barbata. They are on wing from August to March.

The larvae feed on Persicaria barbata species.

Subspecies

• Mylothris rubricosta rubricosta (southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique)
• Mylothris rubricosta attenuata Talbot, 1944 (eastern Tanzania, Malawi, north-western Zimbabwe, Botswana)
• Mylothris rubricosta pulchra Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)

References

1. Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini – Tribe Aporiina

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 11