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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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