Belenois gidica

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Belenois gidica		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Belenois Rank Species

Similar Belenois creona, Belenois thysa, Belenois zochalia, Colotis vesta, Afrodryas leda

Belenois gidica, the African veined white or pointed caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.

The wingspan is 40–55 millimetres (1.6–2.2 in) in males and 40–53 mm (1.6–2.1 in) in females. Its flight period is year-round.

The larvae feed on Boscia, Capparis, and Maerua species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

B. g. gidica (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, northern Nigeria, Niger)

B. g. hypoxantha (Ungemach, 1932) (Ethiopia)

B. g. abyssinica (Lucas, 1852) (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, northern Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland)

References

Belenois gidica Wikipedia

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