Mylothris jacksoni
Species of butterfly
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Mylothris jacksoni, the Jackson's dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of submontane forests.
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| M. j. knutssoni male | |
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| M. j. knutssoni female | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Mylothris |
| Species: | M. jacksoni |
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| Mylothris jacksoni | |
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The larvae feed on Loranthus species.
Subspecies
- M. j. jacksoni (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western and central Kenya, northern Tanzania)
- M. j. cederici Collins, 1997 (Bioko)
- M. j. cephisus Talbot, 1946 (south-eastern Kenya)
- M. j. knutssoni Aurivillius, 1891 (eastern highlands of Nigeria, highlands of Cameroon)
- M. j. nagichota Talbot, 1944 (mountains of southern Sudan, Ethiopia)
- M. j. sagitta Clifton, 1980 (Kenya)
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