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Belenois victoria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Belenois

Similar
  
Belenois solilucis, Belenois zochalia, Belenois antsianaka

Belenois victoria, the Victoria white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.

The larvae feed on Capparis tomentosa, Ritchiea and Maerua species.

Subspecies

  • Belenois victoria victoria (Kenya (highlands west of the Rift Valley), Uganda)
  • Belenois victoria hecqi Berger, 1953 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Belenois victoria schoutedeni Berger, 1953 (western Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
  • References

    Belenois victoria Wikipedia