Biology:Mylothris rembina

Short description: Species of butterfly

Mylothris rembina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. rembina
Binomial name
Mylothris rembina (Plötz, 1880)
Synonyms
Pieris rembina Plötz, 1880 Mylothris subfusa Crowley, 1890 Mylothris camerunica Aurivillius, 1891 Mylothris chloris f. infuscata Bartel, 1905 Mylothris rembina f. fusca Bartel, 1905 Mylothris aneria Hulstaert, 1924 Mylothris rembina f. arctata Talbot, 1944 Mylothris rembina f. semifusca Talbot, 1944

Mylothris rembina, the smoky dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Angola. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on Lantana species.

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12

Wikidata ☰ Q2055999 entry