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Belenois

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Pierini

Higher classification
  
Pierini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Belenois

Rank
  
Genus

Belenois Butterflies of India Belenois aurota

Lower classifications
  
Belenois aurota, Belenois java, Belenois creona, Belenois zochalia, Belenois thysa

African caper white belenois aurota laying eggs on a caper plant


Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.

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Belenois Butterflies of India Belenois aurota

Caper white belenois java


Species

Subgenus Anaphaeis Hübner, 1819:

Belenois Butterflies of Africa Belenois thysa

  • Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793) – brown-veined white, African caper white, or pioneer white
  • Belenois creona (Cramer, 1776) – African common white or African caper
  • Belenois gidica (Godart, 1819) – African veined white or pointed caper
  • Species group pseudohuphina:

  • Belenois margaritacea Sharpe, 1891 – Margarita's caper white
  • Belenois raffrayi (Oberthür, 1878) – Raffray's white
  • Group Incertae sedis:

    Belenois Butterflies of Africa Belenois calypso

  • Belenois albomaculatus (Goeze, 1779)
  • Belenois aldabrensis (Holland, 1896)
  • Belenois anomala (Butler, 1881)
  • Belenois antsianaka (Ward, 1870)
  • Belenois calypso (Drury, 1773) – Calypso caper white
  • Belenois crawshayi Butler, 1894 – Crawshay's caper white
  • Belenois diminuta Butler, 1894
  • Belenois grandidieri (Mabille, 1878)
  • Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)
  • Belenois helcida (Boisduval, 1833)
  • Belenois java (Linnaeus, 1768) – caper white
  • Belenois larima (Boisduval, 1836)
  • Belenois mabella Grose-Smith, 1891
  • Belenois ogygia (Trimen, 1883)
  • Belenois rubrosignata (Weymer, 1901) – red-edged white
  • Belenois solilucis Butler, 1874
  • Belenois subeida (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
  • Belenois sudanensis (Talbot, 1929) – Sudan caper white
  • Belenois theora (Doubleday, 1846)
  • Belenois theuszi Dewitz, 1889
  • Belenois thysa (Hopffer, 1855) – false dotted border
  • Belenois victoria (Dixey, 1915) – Victoria white
  • Belenois welwitschii Rogenhofer, 1890
  • Belenois zochalia (Boisduval, 1836) – forest white or forest caper white

  • Belenois FilePioneer or Caper White Belenois aurota in Hyderabad AP W IMG

    References

    Belenois Wikipedia