About Mylothris chloris (Fabricius, 1775)
Mylothris chloris, commonly known as the western dotted border or common dotted border, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. This species is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat includes open woodland and dense savanna, and it can also occur in disturbed rainforest areas and suburban gardens. The larvae of Mylothris chloris feed on Osyris abyssinicus, Englerina gabonensis, Phragmanthera capitata, and species from the Loranthus and Viscum genera.
