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Common Dotted Border

Mylothris agathina agathina

Description:

This butterfly is possible to spot all year round.

Habitat:

Mixed wood (prim. Acasia bushes) and grassland. This was found on a plant next to a gravel road. (toghether with 6-7 other species of butterflies)

Notes:

Place for the spotting: Mlawula Nature Reserve, Swaziland. The wingspan is 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) for males and 52–65 mm (2.0–2.6 in) for females.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Eastern Dotted Border or Common Dotted Border
Mylothris agathina Mylothris agathina


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7 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you for your nice superlatives regarding the spotting Jemma and RiekoS :)

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very beautiful.

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

I wish I knew those things about my dentist, that would ease the horror of going there... I could not agree more regarding his ID skills and interest! My has is constantly off for that man...

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Beautiful Tiz!!1!
Bayucca is awesome! When he is not drilling teeth he is identifying!

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you Bayucca! I will look through your links later on today, but your ID seems to be "spot on" :) Thank you Landmark for your nice comment!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

wonderful series tiz! congragulations~

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Sifundza seManzini, Swaziland

Spotted on Jul 13, 2013
Submitted on Jul 13, 2013

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