Belenois ogygia

Belenois ogygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Belenois
Species: B. ogygia
Binomial name
Belenois ogygia
(Trimen, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris ogygia Trimen, 1883

Belenois ogygia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Taxonomy

The species is probably a hybrid of Belenois thysa and Belenois zochalia.

Subspecies

  • Belenois ogygia ogygia (South Africa)
  • Belenois ogygia bongeya Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References


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