Mylothris schumanni | |
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Mylothris schumanni female - Ashanti Region, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Mylothris |
Species: | M. schumanni
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Binomial name | |
Mylothris schumanni | |
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Mylothris schumanni, Schumann's dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
Adult males have been recorded mud-puddling on river banks in dense forest.
The larvae feed on Santalales species.