first time i post a picture for this delicate butterfly, which as the "butterflies of Saudi Arabia" book say it is closely related to the African Mistletoe White.
never found it in gardens always have to go to the desert and mostly on this time of the year.
Very lovely picture and one of the only pictures I find on the net of this range restricted species (only Saudi Arabia and Yemen). Do you know how far north the distribution reaches in Saudi Arabia?
By the way, there are several species of the genus Viscum (the Mistletoe genus) to be found in Africa and it appears to be one of the food plants of Mylothris chloris, the Dotted Border, aka African Mistletoe White.
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