Mylothris agathina agathina - Common dotted border

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Mylothris agathina
Mylothris agathina

Photo(s): Bart Wursten. left: slopes of Mt Belingwe, Zimbabwe; right: Muanza side, Gorongosa national Park.

Species details:

Note: Widespread in many habitats and flying year round. Wet season forms normally have larger marginal dots.
Distribution: Angola, southern DRC, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Limpopo, South Africa.
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Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 300.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 344.



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Mylothris agathina agathina.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402270, retrieved 7 October 2024

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