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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Sibling Taxa
- Mylothris aburi
- Mylothris agathina
- Mylothris amhara
- Mylothris arabicus
- Mylothris asphodelus
- Mylothris atewa
- Mylothris aurantiaca
- Mylothris bernice
- Mylothris canescens
- Mylothris carcassoni
- Mylothris carolinae
- Mylothris cephisus
- Mylothris chloris
- Mylothris citius
- Mylothris citrina
- Mylothris continua
- Mylothris crawshayi
- Mylothris croceus
- Mylothris elodina
- Mylothris erlangeri
- Mylothris ertli
- Mylothris eximia
- Mylothris hecqi
- Mylothris interposita
- Mylothris jacksoni
- Mylothris jaopura
- Mylothris kiellandi
- Mylothris kilimensis
- Mylothris kiwuensis
- Mylothris knoopi
- Mylothris leonora
- Mylothris lucens
- Mylothris marginea
- Mylothris mavunda
- Mylothris mortoni
- Mylothris ngaziya
- Mylothris nubila
- Mylothris ochrea
- Mylothris phileris
- Mylothris pluviata
- Mylothris polychroma
- Mylothris poppea
- Mylothris primulina
- Mylothris rembina
- Mylothris rhodope
- Mylothris rueppellii
- Mylothris sagala
- Mylothris schoutedeni
- Mylothris spica
- Mylothris splendens
- Mylothris sulphurea
- Mylothris superbus
- Mylothris talboti
- Mylothris trimenia
- Mylothris yulei
- Mylothris zairiensis



