Belenois raffrayi

Belenois raffrayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. raffrayi
Binomial name
*Belenois raffrayi* (Oberthür, 1878)^[1]
Synonyms
Pieris raffrayi Oberthür, 1878 Pieris raffrayi extendens Joicey & Talbot, 1927 Anapheis raffrayi ab. intermedia Dufrane, 1945 Anapheis raffrayi extendens f. extrema Dufrane, 1948

Belenois raffrayi, Raffray’s White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of montane forests and open grassland.

The larvae feed on Capparis and Rhus species.

Subspecies

Belenois raffrayi raffrayi (southern Ethiopia, southern Sudan)
Belenois raffrayi extendens (Joicey & Talbot, 1927) (Uganda, western Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Tanzania)
Belenois raffrayi similis Kielland, 1978 (Tanzania)

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