Belenois sudanensis

Sudan caper white
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pieridae
Genus:Belenois
Species: B. sudanensis
Binomial name
Belenois sudanensis
(Talbot, 1929)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris calypso sudanensis Talbot, 1929
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. bicolor Berger, 1981
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera f. unicolor Berger, 1981

Belenois sudanensis, the Sudan caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Cameroon, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Clerodendrum species.

Subspecies

  • Belenois sudanensis sudanensis (southern Sudan, western Kenya)
  • Belenois sudanensis katalensis Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern and central Uganda)
  • Belenois sudanensis mayumbana Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Belenois sudanensis pseudodentigera Berger, 1981 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania)

References

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


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