Belenois theora
| Forest caper white | |
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| male B. t. theora Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Belenois |
| Species: | B. theora
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| Binomial name | |
| Belenois theora | |
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Belenois theora, the forest caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of woodland and forest margins.
The larvae feed on Capparis species.
Subspecies[]
- B. t. theora Sierra Leone to Nigeria
- B. t. ratheo (Suffert, 1904) Central African Republic
- B. t. laeta (Weymer, 1903)
References[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belenois theora. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Belenois theora. |
- ^ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
External links[]
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 13
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 15 as ratheo
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- Butterflies described in 1846
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