Belenois

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Belenois
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African caper white (B. aurota), Agra, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Belenois
Hübner, [1819]
Species

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Synonyms

Anaphaeis(Hübner, 1819)
Glycestha(Billberg, 1820)
Pseudohuphina(Stoneham, 1940)
Pseudanaphaeis(Bernard, 1953)

African veined white (B. gidica, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania African Veined White Tanzania.jpg
African veined white ( B. gidica , Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Belenois, commonly called the caper whites, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierini in the family Pieridae that are found in mainly in Africa and south-west Asia.

Species

Subgenus AnaphaeisHübner, 1819:

Species group pseudohuphina:

Group Incertae sedis :

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References

  1. Belenois, Site of Markku Savela