• Source: Mylothris schumanni
  • 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. 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.


    Subspecies


    Mylothris schumanni schumanni (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo)
    Mylothris schumanni uniformis Talbot, 1944 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
    Mylothris schumanni zairiensis Berger, 1981 (northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)


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