Biology:Mylothris hilara

Short description: Species of butterfly

Hilara dotted border
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. hilara
Binomial name
Mylothris hilara (Karsch, 1892)
Synonyms
Pieris hilara Karsch, 1892 Mylothris poppea furvus Bernardi, 1953 Mylothris poppea hilara f. furvus Talbot, 1944

Mylothris hilara, the hilara dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of submontane forests and lowland forests.

Subspecies

• Mylothris hilara hilara (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon)
• Mylothris hilara furvus Bernardi, 1953 (Equatorial Guinea: Bioko)
• Mylothris hilara goma Berger, 1981 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 10

Wikidata ☰ Q2127203 entry