Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius 1775)

Mylothris rhodope (Fabricius)
Papilio rhodope Fabricius, 1775: 473 (Sierra Leone).
This species is distributed from Sierra Leone to Uganda and south in the Congo basin. While quite variable, it does not appear to break into subspecies.
Liberia: Harbel, 2 8,1 2 , I, 1 8,1 2 , II, 2 8 , III, 1 8 , IV,
2 8 , V, 1 8 , 1 9 , IX, 1 8 , 1 2 , XI; Wanau Forest, 1 8 , 1, 1 2 , II, 1 8,1 2 , III (Fox) ; no data, 1 2 (Naysmith) ; eastern Liberia, 2 2 , III (Berger, 1954); Sharpe (1906).

Mylothris rhodope, the common dotted border, Rhodope or tropical dotted border, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

Adult males have been recorded mud-puddling on the banks of forest streams. Females fly low and stay amongst shady places in the forest.

The larvae feed on Santalales species.