Northern caper white | |
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Belenois subeida in Seitz (c) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Belenois |
Species: | B. subeida
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Binomial name | |
Belenois subeida | |
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Belenois subeida, the northern caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. 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. [2] The habitat consists of forests and dense woodland.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua and Ritchiea species.
Northern caper white | |
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Belenois subeida in Seitz (c) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Belenois |
Species: | B. subeida
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Binomial name | |
Belenois subeida | |
Synonyms | |
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Belenois subeida, the northern caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. 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. [2] The habitat consists of forests and dense woodland.
The larvae feed on Capparis, Maerua and Ritchiea species.