Belenois margaritacea

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Belenois
Similar Belenois antsianaka, Belenois solilucis, Belenois zochalia

Belenois margaritacea, the Margarita's caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of montane forests.

The larvae feed on Maerua, Capparis and Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

B. m. margaritacea (south-western Kenya)

B. m. intermedia Kielland, 1982 (eastern Tanzania)

B. m. kenyensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (south-eastern Kenya)

B. m. plutonica (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Tanzania)

B. m. somereni (Talbot, 1928) (central Kenya)

References

Belenois margaritacea Wikipedia

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