Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Belenois | |
Similar Belenois antsianaka, Belenois solilucis, Belenois zochalia, Belenois thysa, Belenois calypso | ||
Belenois larima is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal.
Taxonomy
This species is of doubtful status. Aurivillius treated it as a west African race of Belenois thysa in 1898, but treated it as distinct in 1910. Larsen regarded it to possibly be a natural hybrid and suggested that it should be treated as a nomen dubium in 2005.
References
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