Mylothris crawshayi
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Mylothris |
Species: | M. crawshayi
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Binomial name | |
Mylothris crawshayi | |
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Mylothris crawshayi is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane forests and montane forest-grassland mosaic.
Adults have a fast flight compared to other Mylothris species.
The larvae feed on Santalales species and Phragmanthera usuiensis.
Subspecies
[edit]- Mylothris crawshayi crawshayi (northern Malawi, eastern Zambia)
- Mylothris crawshayi bunduki Berger, 1980 (eastern Tanzania)
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mylothris crawshayi.
Wikispecies has information related to Mylothris crawshayi.
- ^ Mylothris, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Tribe Aporiina". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-30.