Belenois theora

Updated on Dec 16, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Belenois
Similar Belenois solilucis, Belenois calypso, Belenois zochalia, Appias phaola, Appias sabina

Belenois theora, the forest caper white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.

The larvae feed on Capparis species.

Subspecies

Belenois sudanensis theora (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)

Belenois sudanensis laeta (Weymer, 1903) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, southern Sudan, north-western Tanzania)

Belenois sudanensis ratheo (Suffert, 1904) (Cameroon to the Central African Republic, central and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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