Belenois hedyle
Belenois hedyle |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
Class: |
Insecta |
Order: |
Lepidoptera |
Family: |
Pieridae |
Genus: |
Belenois |
Species: |
B. hedyle |
Binomial name |
Belenois hedyle (Cramer, 1777)[1] |
Synonyms |
- Papilio hedyle Cramer, 1777
- Papilio sordidiflavicans Goeze, 1779
- Pieris ianthe Doubleday, 1842
- Belenois ianthe f. albunea Talbot, 1943
- Belenois ianthe f. albicans Talbot, 1943
- Belenois ianthe f. arenosa Talbot, 1943
- Belenois ianthe f. popularis Talbot, 1943
- Belenois ianthe f. asseris Talbot, 1943
- Pieris rhena Doubleday, 1846
- Belenois hedyle f. fumosa Talbot, 1943
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Belenois hedyle, the Western Yellow Caper White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of edges of dry forests.
Subspecies
- Belenois hedyle hedyle (eastern Ghana, Togo, Benin, western Nigeria)
- Belenois hedyle ianthe (Doubleday, 1842) (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Belenois hedyle rhena (Doubleday, 1846) (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, western Ghana)
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