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Belenois sudanensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Belenois

Similar
  
Belenois solilucis, Belenois zochalia, Belenois calypso, Belenois thysa, Belenois antsianaka

Belenois sudanensis, the Sudan caper white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.

Subspecies

  • Belenois sudanensis sudanensis (southern Sudan, western Kenya)
  • Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern and central Uganda)
  • Belenois sudanensis mayumbana Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)
  • References

    Belenois sudanensis Wikipedia