Belenois calypso

Belenois calypso


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Belenois
Species:	B. calypso
Binomial name
*Belenois calypso* (Drury, 1773)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio calypso Drury, 1773 Papilio fulvoacuminatus Goeze, 1779 Papilio nigronotatus Goeze, 1779 Papilio nigropictus Goeze, 1779 Belenois calypso f. lypsoca Berger, 1939 Belenois calypso calypso f. cretacea Talbot, 1943 Belenois dentigera Butler, 1888 Pieris subeida var. schweinfurthi Schultze, 1914 Pieris calypso var. costimacula Gaede, 1916 Pieris calypso calypso ab. flavida Hulstaert, 1924 Pieris calypso calypso ab. pulchricolor Hulstaert, 1924 Anapheis calypso dentigera f. tshangerensis Dufrane, 1948 Belenois calypso dentigera f. aurea Berger, 1981 Belenois calypso minor f. butyrosa Talbot, 1943 Belenois calypso f. nausicaa Stoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f. helena Stoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f. alcestis Stoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f. alcimede Stoneham, 1957 Belenois calypso f. alcippe Stoneham, 1957

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

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

Subspecies

Belenois calypso calypso (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
Belenois calypso dentigera Butler, 1888 (Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Angola)
Belenois calypso marlieri Berger, 1981 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Belenois calypso minor Talbot, 1943 (Uganda, Kenya (west of the Rift Valley), north-western Tanzania)

References

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↑ Belenois, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Incertae Sedis

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