Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Belenois | |
Similar Belenois solilucis, Belenois zochalia, Belenois calypso, Dixeia orbona, Belenois thysa | ||
Belenois subeida, the northern caper white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests and dense woodland.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua and Ritchiea species.
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