''Mylothris sagala'', the dusky dotted border or lemon dotted border, is a
butterfly
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in the family
Pieridae
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. It is found in
Ethiopia
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,
Kenya
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Tanzania
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, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Rwanda
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Malawi
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,
Zambia
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and
Zimbabwe
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The habitat consists of submontane and montane forests.
Adults have a weak flight. They feed on the nectar of various flowers. Adults have been recorded on wing in August, September, December and from February to May.
The larvae feed on ''
Loranthus freisiorum'', ''
Erianthemum dregei'', ''
Oncocalyx fischeri'', ''
Oncocalyx sulfureus'', ''
Phragmanthera usuiensis'', ''
Englerina'', ''
Agelanthus'' and ''
Viscum'' species.
Subspecies
*''M. s. sagala'' (Tanzania)
*''M. s. albissima''
Talbot, 1944 (south-western Tanzania, northern Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Lomami)
*''M. s. dentatus''
Butler, 1896 (Malawi, north-eastern Zambia, Tanzania:
Udzungwa Mountains)
*''M. s. mahale''
Kielland, 1990 (Tanzania)
*''M. s. mayenceae''
Berger, 1987 (Rwanda)
*''M. s. narcissus''
Butler, 1888 (south-eastern Kenya, Tanzania:
Mount Kilimanjaro
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)
*''M. s. neumanni''
Sharpe, 1896 (central highlands of Kenya)
*''M. s. oldeanensis''
Kielland, 1990 (north-eastern Tanzania)
*''M. s. seminigra''
d’Abrera, 1980 (Tanzania:
Uluguru Mountains
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)
*''M. s. swaynei''
Butler, 1899 (highlands of Ethiopia)
*''M. s. umtaliana''
d’Abrera, 1980 (eastern border of Zimbabwe, western border of Mozambique)
References
Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 11Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
Butterflies described in 1886
Pierini
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
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