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Belenois Hübner 1819

the Caper Whites

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Belenois albomaculatus
Belenois aldabrensis
Belenois anomala
Belenois antsianaka
Belenois aurota
Belenois calypso
Belenois crawshayi
Belenois creona
Belenois diminuta
Belenois gidica
Belenois grandidieri
Belenois hedyle
Belenois helcida
Belenois ianthe
Belenois larima
Belenois mabella
Belenois margaritacea
Belenois ogygia
Belenois raffrayi
Belenois rubrosignata
Belenois solilucis
Belenois subeida
Belenois sudanensis
Belenois theora
Belenois theuszi
Belenois thysa
Belenois victoria
Belenois zochalia
Belenois java

Containing group: Pierinae

Introduction

Most Belenois species are African, a few extend to south Asia.

Other Names for Belenois Hübner 1819

Anaphaeis Hübner 1819 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Glycestha Billberg 1820 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Pseudohuphina Stoneham 1940 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Pseudonaphaeis Bernardi 1953 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Vernacular Names: the Caper Whites

References

Ackery PR, Smith CR, and Vane-Wright RI eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Common IFB, and Waterhouse DF. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. CSIRO Publications, East Melbourne.

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Belenois thysa thysa
Location	Hekpoort, North-West Magaliesburg, South Africa
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Sex	Female
Source	"False Dotted Border" Butterfly (Belenois thysa thysa)
Source Collection	Flickr
Image Use	This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright	© 2008 Martin Heigan

Scientific Name	Belenois java
Location	garden at Nobby, near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Source	Caper White, Belenois java
Source Collection	Flickr
Image Use	This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright	© 2006 Michael Jefferies

Scientific Name	Belenois calypso
Location	Nigeria: Port Harcourt
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Identified By	Dirk Motshagen
Life Cycle Stage	adult
View	ventral
Copyright	© 2009 Dirk Motshagen

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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First online 04 November 2006
Content changed 12 February 2010

Citing this page:

Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2010. Belenois Hübner 1819. the Caper Whites. Version 12 February 2010 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Belenois/76427/2010.02.12 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/