Biology:Mylothris poppea

Short description: Species of butterfly

Mylothris poppea
Mylothris poppea male - Ashanti Region, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2395885 entry