Mylothris asphodelus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Mylothris
Species
Mylothris asphodelus
Scientific Name
Mylothris asphodelus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mylothris asphodelus

Mylothris asphodelus is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania and possibly Angola. The habitat consists of lowland forests. Mylothris asphodelus, like other Mylothris species, occupies the upper portions of forests where the host plants for their larvae are found.

Males have a large yellow basal area and large black apical area on the forewing upperside. On the forewing underside, the basal area is more orange. The female forewing upperside has a large pale orange basal area.

The larvae feed on Agelanthus krausei.

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Mylothris asphodelus
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Mylothris asphodelus
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Mylothris asphodelus
©Thomas Desloges, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Mylothris asphodelus
©Thomas Desloges, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)