Belenois ogygia

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Belenois ogygia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Belenois
Species:
B. ogygia
Binomial name
Belenois ogygia
(Trimen, 1883) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris ogygiaTrimen, 1883

Belenois ogygia is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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Taxonomy

The species is probably a hybrid of Belenois thysa and Belenois zochalia .

Subspecies

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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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