Mylothris spica

Species of butterfly

Mylothris spica

Mylothris spica - Cameroon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Mylothris
Species:	M. spica
Binomial name
*Mylothris spica* (Möschler, 1884)^[1]
Synonyms
Tachyris poppea var. spica Möschler, 1884

Mylothris spica, the spica dotted border is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ghana and Angola.^[2] The habitat consists of wet forests.

The larvae feed on Santalales species.

Subspecies

Mylothris spica spica (Ghana)
Mylothris spica gabela Berger, 1979 (Angola)

References

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^ Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Tribe Aporiina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-30.