Belenois theora
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Species: | B. theora
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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.[2] 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)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belenois theora.
Wikispecies has information related to Belenois theora.
- ^ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis
External links
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 13
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as ratheo