Belenois calypso

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Belenois calypso
Calypso caper white (Belenois calypso calypso) male.jpg
male B. c. calypso, Ghana
Calypso caper white (Belenois calypso calypso) female.jpg
female B. c. calypso, Gambia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. calypso
Binomial name
Belenois calypso
(Drury, 1773) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio calypsoDrury, 1773
  • Papilio fulvoacuminatusGoeze, 1779
  • Papilio nigronotatusGoeze, 1779
  • Papilio nigropictusGoeze, 1779
  • Belenois calypso f. lypsocaBerger, 1939
  • Belenois calypso calypso f. cretaceaTalbot, 1943
  • Belenois dentigeraButler, 1888
  • Pieris subeida var. schweinfurthiSchultze, 1914
  • Pieris calypso var. costimaculaGaede, 1916
  • Pieris calypso calypso ab. flavidaHulstaert, 1924
  • Pieris calypso calypso ab. pulchricolorHulstaert, 1924
  • Anapheis calypso dentigera f. tshangerensisDufrane, 1948
  • Belenois calypso dentigera f. aureaBerger, 1981
  • Belenois calypso minor f. butyrosaTalbot, 1943
  • Belenois calypso f. nausicaaStoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. helenaStoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcestisStoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcimedeStoneham, 1957
  • Belenois calypso f. alcippeStoneham, 1957

Belenois calypso, the Calypso white or Calypso caper white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests. The species occasionally migrates.

Contents

The larvae feed on Semirestis paniculata , Maerua , Cadaba , Capparis and Ritchiea species.

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References

  1. ↑ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-07.


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