Belenois creona

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African common white
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Female in wet season
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. creona
Binomial name
Belenois creona
(Cramer, 1776)
Subspecies

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Synonyms
  • Papilio creonaCramer, [1776]
  • Anaphaeis creona
  • Papilio cneoraFabricius, 1793
  • Colias ernestiusLaporte, 1831
  • Pieris creona ab. caecaCannaviello, 1900
  • Pieris severina ab. sigirrensisStrand, 1909
  • Anapheis creona ab. houzeauiDufrane, 1947
  • Glycestha creona r. benadirensisStorace, 1948
  • Pieris boguensisFelder & Felder, 1865
  • Pieris creona f. mixtaUngemach, 1932
  • Pieris elisavan Vollenhoven, 1869
  • Belenois johannaeButler, 1879
  • Belenois leucogyneButler, 1885
  • Anapheis creona prorsusTalbot, 1943
  • Belenois creona prorsus f. antoniiBernardi, 1951
  • Papilio severinaStoll, 1781
  • Pieris agrippinaFelder and Felder, 1865
  • Belenois infidaButler, 1888
  • Pieris severina ab. msamwianaStrand, 1911
  • Pieris guaraniKöhler, 1923
  • Pieris severina f. acutapexHulstaert, 1924
  • Pieris severina f. burgeoniHulstaert, 1924
  • Pieris severina f. obscurissimaHulstaert, 1924
  • Pieris creona f. subalbaHulstaert, 1924
  • Anapheis creona ab. demanetiDufrane, 1947
  • Anapheis creona ab. evrardiDufrane, 1947
  • Anapheis creona ab. gnomaDufrane, 1947
  • Anapheis creona f. mombasicaStoneham, 1957
  • Anapheis creona f. creonoidesStoneham, 1957
  • Anapheis creona f. creonticaStoneham, 1957
  • Anapheis creona f. nigerrimaStoneham, 1957
  • Anapheis creona f. jocastaStoneham, 1957
  • Anapheis creona f. megaraStoneham, 1957

Belenois creona, the African common white or African caper, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.

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Description

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B. c. severina, Tanzania

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. The sexes are dimorphic.

Males

Uppersides are white with black or brown marginal borders and veins in forewing apex. A black spot exists in the upperside cell instead of a bar as in the brown-veined white ( B. aurota ).

Females

Females have broader dark upperside borders on both wings. Underwings are yellow during the wet season. [1]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Capparis and Maerua species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.
  2. ↑ Belenois at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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