Belenois rubrosignata

Red-edged white
Figure 1 (dry-season male), figure 2 (wet-season male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Belenois
Species: B. rubrosignata
Binomial name
Belenois rubrosignata
(Weymer, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris theora var. rubrosignata Weymer, 1901
  • Belenois picta Neave, 1910
  • Pieris rubrosignata f. overlaeti Hulstaert, 1924
  • Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. albinescens Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. caesia Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata f. aurantia Talbot, 1943
  • Belenois peeli Dixey, 1900

Belenois rubrosignata, the red-edged white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia.[2] The habitat consists of dense woodland.

The larvae feed on Ritchiea species.

Subspecies

  • Belenois rubrosignata rubrosignata (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia)
  • Belenois rubrosignata kongwana Talbot, 1943 (Malawi, Tanzania, southern Uganda)
  • Belenois rubrosignata peeli Dixey, 1900 (Somalia, Kenya)

References

  1. ↑ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis


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